Even after Canada's worst wildfire season on record, researchers say regeneration is still possible. They point to Indigenous leadership, prescribed burning and wetland restoration as essential tools when it comes to dealing with the aftermath.
Climate change is increasing the amount of out-of-control wildfires across the country, and their severity combined with heat domes and droughts means forests aren't able to regenerate the same way they used to, said Struzik.Ellen Whitman, a forest fire research scientist with Natural Resources Canada, is optimistic the ravaged forests will come back, just not in the same way as before.
In the boreal landscapes hit hardest by this season's wildfires, Whitman suspects more fire-resilient vegetation will take the place of conifer trees with needle leaves and cones. Wood bison, buffalo and moose do really well with the shift toward a more open, grassy landscape, but caribou do not, she said.According to Struzik, it's unlikely the southern end of Canada's boreal forest will survive this warming.
Researchers assess the understory of forest in northern Alberta four years after the Richardson Fire burned over 700,000 hectares of boreal forest.Struzik says an Indigenous elder taught him about the "born to burn" concept. The SSRS works with Indigenous communities to identify which tree, plant and animal species to put back onto the land after a wildfire so that forest systems can return to their historical roots. They consider cultural values and basic welfare when it comes to deciding which medicines, food sources and wildlife habitats to prioritize.
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