burning very quite a lot and how they are ecology is affected by fire. almost all forests in canada are fired up for that although we have pretty serious fire situation and and northwest territory at the moment that s in the north and northwest territory at the moment that singapore real forest where we have treas species that respond quite readily to fire and do recover well from it. where is the fires helping in the south are in a mixed forest type where those tree species tend to respond more positively to a low intensity fire dues to thick bark and intense burning can kill those trees. the extensors quite severe. associated with that we expect varying impacts on a forest depending on the type of fire they experience. i depending on the type of fire they exnerience- experience. i want to revisit the scale, 15 million experience. i want to revisit the scale, 15 million actors - experience. i want to revisit the scale, 15 million actors with - experience. i want to revisit the scal
columbia and alberta as well as a northwest territories that are severely affected. isn t has experience some relief. you severely affected. isn t has experience some relief. you told us that normally experience some relief. you told us that normally you experience some relief. you told us that normally you get experience some relief. you told us that normally you get around - experience some relief. you told us that normally you get around 2 - that normally you get around 2 million actors burning and anyone year. it s around seven times as bad. does that change how canada manages its forest in the way it tries to prevent these fires from spreading? i tries to prevent these fires from spreading? tries to prevent these fires from spreading? i think were going to learn a lot spreading? i think were going to learn a lot from spreading? i think were going to learn a lot from this spreading? i think were going to learn a lot from this year. - spreading? i think were going to |
destroyed in the kelowna area of the province. officials said firefighters have made some progress, they have been helped by the cooler weather but that battle is far from over , and the military is now being deployed to help with evacuations. we are joined by ellen whitman, a forest fire research scientist with the canadian forest service. talk to me about this forest. the area that s being burned and how precious the forest is. precious the forest is. nationally it has been precious the forest is. nationally it has been a precious the forest is. nationally it has been a really precious the forest is. nationally it has been a really exceptional. it has been a really exceptional yearin it has been a really exceptional year in canada. we are looking at about 15 million actors burned so far and that is relative to a 20 year average in more like 2 million actors any given year. the extent is quite specifically nbc fires are very active in the north prior to the first half of the f