Mark Healey, an incident commander with the BC Wildfire Service, says he took a 2 1/2 hour flight over the southern flank of the enormous Donnie Creek fire in northeastern British Columbia.

BC Wildlife Service predicts the Donnie Creek blaze could continue through the fall and be extinguished in the winter – or even remain smouldering and reemerge again next spring

  • AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The interesting part is checking those areas a few years later and seeing what if anything is growing. Some species of trees specifically spread their seeds during fires. The fires are clear out all the tall grass and dead fall sometimes improving the health of larger trees that sometimes survive only their outer layers being burnt off.