It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s – the future of forestry. It might be surprising to learn the Japanese government is studying the impact of forest fires in the Northwest Territories.
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Fighting forest fires is expensive business and, from the way drought conditions and climate change seem to be heading, things may get much worse. But with so much money and effort invested in a defensive battle against Mother Nature, there must be a wiser way to manage those resources that also benefits communities in the long term.
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With last year’s record-breaking wildfire season and forecasts for another hot, dry summer in the NWT, the territorial government is looking back at what it can do better this fire season and in the future.
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Did you notice that the City of Yellowknife is doing an okay job of telling citizens the situation with the wildfires that are a bit too close for comfort?
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Friday, July 4 was an unforgettable day of terror for Kristen Olesen. On that fateful day she and her family lost their three-storey home and separate guest house when all the land around their idyllic location on the East Arm of Great Slave Lake was razed by wildfire.
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The NWT fire total for the summer of 2014 has topped 180 with a lot more projected in the coming days as dry lightning goes to work on tinder fuels in extremely hot and dry conditions.
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