{"id":82333,"date":"2017-07-16T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T07:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82333"},"modified":"2024-11-27T00:24:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T00:24:55","slug":"wildfire-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82333","title":{"rendered":"What today’s B.C. wildfires can tell us about the future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lives are at stake today and we can only hope that wildfire-affected communities are evacuated safely while a dynamic situation unfolds. It will also be helpful to consider some facts towards building an informed perspective, because there is going to be a lot of attention on why our forests are in the state they are in and what needs to be done in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are five talking points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Increasing development in rural areas means there is more value to protect. The photo above of a transmission line is one example of a vulnerable asset located in a forest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. There are limits to fire suppression capacity and budgets. In 2009-10, $600 million was spent and in each of 2014 and 2015 the cost amounted to $300 million.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The legacy of the mountain pine beetle epidemic is a vast amount of fuel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Climate change predictions mean the intensity of severe fires is going to double by 2040-50.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. All of this adds up to serious impacts to natural resources, government assets, industries, communities, health and our economy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This slide, from a wildfire expert’s presentation at the Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association in 2016, shows the trend toward more severe wildfires:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The trend is a worry for many reasons, one of them being the importance of a healthy forest sector for the economy. The following infographic (from the ILMA, Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association) shows the linkages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    There are plenty of good reasons to value and respect our natural places. When we lose trees, we lose natural habitat that can be a well-managed resource creating benefits throughout the B.C. economy long into the future. But unless serious long-term issues are faced down, today that future is at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Images: Merritt Herald; Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Escalating devastation in the British Columbia Interior is creating widespread hardship. 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