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There was something like 10 times more hectares being burned as far back as 1850. https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF22090

We've effectively stopped this with modern fire suppression techniques and have fewer managed burns...Parks Canada only had 12 last year. And here's a story where they ran out of funding and had to defer burns:

https://www.rmoutlook.com/local-news/parks-canada-prescribed...

Not good. I think you can focus on climate change while at the same time have a conservationist approach.




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