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Detroit Free Press | Canada looks to centuries-old indigenous use of fire to combat out-of-control wildfires

July 25, 2024

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Banned for more than a century by European settlers, cultural burning is now making a tentative comeback in Canada. “The indigenous communities have an intimate and intricate knowledge of how fire can be used to reduce risk, and this knowledge needs to be brought to the forefront of wildfire management and planning in British Columbia and elsewhere throughout Canada and throughout the world,” says fire ecologist Dr. Jill Harvey. Read more

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