Wildfire Coexistence News Today

Envirionment preservation experts push rethink on forestry management strategies

The leader of a UBC Okanagan project using sensors in the forest to help predict wildfires says AI is no substitute for boots on the ground.

We spoke with UBC researchers Dr. Lori Daniels and Dr. Mathieu Bourbonnais about the outlook for wildfire season, and how communities can prepare for a challenging year.

British Columbia's extended drought is likely to persist and possibly worsen with much of the province continuing to register below normal snowpack levels.

Last year was the most destructive wildfire season in BC’s recorded history. According to provincial data, a total of 2,245 wildfires burned more than 2.84 million hectares of forest and land—a number that doubles the last record of 1.35 million hectares burned in 2018.“The area of forests burned both in BC and across Canada in 2023 was horrific,” says Jens Wieting, senior

2023 marked the province's most damaging wildfire season yet, and with the province mired in a multi-year drought, concern is mounting for the months ahead.

We spoke with UBC researchers Dr. Lori Daniels and Dr. Mathieu Bourbonnais about the outlook for wildfire season, and how communities can prepare for a challenging year.

Hundreds of "zombie fires" from 2023s record-breaking fire season are lingering through the winter, threatening to start new blazes come summer, experts say.

The eerie glow of a massive wildfire encroaching on West Kelowna one August evening is a picture rooted deep in the memory of many British Columbians.

Researchers will work with work local communities, Indigenous groups, governments and other academic institutions to identify strategies for responding to catastrophic fires