The B.C. government\u0027s recent changes don’t specifically address wildfire resilience, says longtime wildfire ecologist Robert Gray
The changes also include repealing outdating wording in Forest and Range Practices Act regulation that, says the government, prioritize timber supply for the forest industry over all other forest objectives such as water quality, wildlife habitat and biodiversity.
The forest landscape has to be transformed so that fire behaviour can be changed, said Gray, who has contributed to And not only does wildfire need to become a priority in legislation, but targets must be set to reduce areas burned at high severity, he said.The Battleship Mountain wildfire in September 2022.of the 2017 flood and wildfire season recommended doing just that, that fire be established as a management objective in the Forest and Range Practices Act and other applicable legislation and regulation.The B.C.
Analysis from California estimates adding these costs can ratchet up the total cost of a fire by an order of magnitude: $1.8 billion in expanded costs for the 2013 Rim fire in California compared to $127 million in firefighting costs.Article content
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