Prescribed fire and adapting for resilient futures

2023 Webinar #4

Original Air Date:
Thursday, Feb 23, 2023

Presenters

Robert Gray, Wildland Fire Ecologist
Colleen Ross, Wildland Fire Ecologist
Kiah Allen, Unit crew leader with BC Wildfire Service
Dr. Carley Phillips, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria

Climate change, combined with current and past resource management, is increasing wildfire size and severity, jeopardizing the resiliency of forest and grassland ecosystems in the Columbia Mountains region. Prescribed fire, alone or in tandem with a suite of other mitigation strategies, is an integral tool used to improve ecosystem resilience. In our presentation we will describe what goes into prescribed fire planning, how prescribed burns are conducted, how we measure success with prescribed burns, and specifically how prescribed burns can be used in carbon emissions mitigation.

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