Working with local communities is a vital part of wildfire response The challenge is not firefighting capacity nor convincing people to help; it is coordinating efforts to prioritize safety and efficiency.

🔥NEW PUBLICATION co-authored by MA NRES Geography grad James Whitehead for The Conversation (supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce)

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➡️ GEES’s Senior Research Scientist Dr. Raquel Portes & ESM’s Dr. Diogo Spinola are exploring how fire transforms forest soils in northern BC.

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