Ryan Connon, a hydrologist with the Environment and Climate Change, said that also means an elevated risk of high water at breakup this year for the Peel River.
Morel mushrooms, prized for their taste, texture and high price as a result, are found in areas that recently had forest fires. After last year's fire season, the territorial and community governments are gearing up for a season that might draw pickers north.
Geneviève Degré-Timmons is studying why caribou use burned lands and when they stop using them. While she is in the midst of her PhD, she has created a painting to represent the cycle of the boreal forest and how caribou interact within it.
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His family says the 21-year-old was proud when out on the land and had a huge heart. Tarek passed away in late June in Hay River while trying to tow a car that was stuck in the beach.