Most forest fires are started by humans — 67 per cent, according to the Alberta government. That’s especially true of early season wildfires, before spring and summer rains arrive. Later in the summer, lightning strikes become a more frequent cause of fires. Alberta government officials — wh...
A firefighter watches a prescribed burn proceed near Lytton in 2014. (B.C. Wildfire Management Branch) Norton, said prescribed burns, forest thinning and Indigenous cultural burning practices are an important piece of fire mitigation that fire managers ...
Hanna said Canada needs to have a bigger conversation about prevention and managing risk by reducing the vulnerability of infrastructure, and suggests wildfire vulnerability assessments and considerations become "part of everything we do in the permitting and rev...
A firefighter watches a prescribed burn proceed near Lytton in 2014. (B.C. Wildfire Management Branch) Norton, said prescribed burns, forest thinning and Indigenous cultural burning practices are an important piece of fire mitigation that fir...
A firefighter watches a prescribed burn proceed near Lytton in 2014. (B.C. Wildfire Management Branch) Norton, said prescribed burns, forest thinning and Indigenous cultural burning practices are an important piece of fire mitigation that fire managers are ...
A firefighter watches a prescribed burn proceed near Lytton in 2014. (B.C. Wildfire Management Branch) Norton, said prescribed burns, forest thinning and Indigenous cultural burning practices are an important piece of fire mitigation that fire managers...