VICTORIA–British Columbia’s independent forests watchdog is calling for the provincial government to make critical changes to how it manages forests to reduce…
It recommends B.C. develop a long-term fire management vision and action plan to support landscape resilience in forests that will span all levels of government.
Government data shows 45 per cent of B.C.’s public land, estimated at 390,000 square kilometres, is at high to extreme fire risk. A shift to landscape fire management would create more resilient forest areas that are less vulnerable to catastrophic wildfires, says the report, which cites the need for increased collaboration with Indigenous peoples on fire and forest management
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