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Envirionment preservation experts push rethink on forestry management strategies
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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