Aerial (drone) images of the High Park Prescribed Burn, shot April 9, 2024.
Fire crews carried out a "traditional and prescribed" burn in High Park on Tuesday as part of the city's plan to restore the park's Black Oak savannahs.Fire crews carried out a "traditional and prescribed" burn in High Park on Tuesday as part of the city's plan to protect the park's rare black oak savannah ecosystem.
"Fire-dependent ecosystems, such as Toronto's rare Black Oak savannah, contain prairie plants that respond positively to burning, and that grow more vigorously than they would in the absence of fire." Vendrig said the rare black oak savannah ecosystem in High Park is unique because it benefits from fire.
Before the burn, Indigenous Elder Vivian Recollet, whose spirit name is Bigasohn Kwe, led an opening ceremony and smudge. The ceremony included Indigenous singing, drumming and dancing. The land stewardship circle believes that the use of pesticides for dealing with invasive species is detrimental to the entire ecosystem that exists within the savannah.Weather conditions excellent for burn, city says
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