Managing the build up of dead wildfire fuel on Crown Land, and on Private Land is a job that can be done, if we have the will. Put permanent fire guard zones in place and manage the build up of dead material by controlled fires at low risk times of the year.

First nations in forested areas used fire as a tool to manage wildlife populations and avoid catastrophic fires. Deer do not live on trees, they graze in clearings between the trees.

In Nordic countries there are regulations requiring trees of a certain age to be logged.

A historic problem with BC Forests in the Interior is that 1800s prospectors started fires in the original forest, so that they could see the geology better for prospecting. That left us with large areas covered with a same age monoculture of pines. Pines are a pioneer species that shows up after fires.

When asked about the consequences to 1st nations and wildlife the prospector reply to HBC traders was "they have legs to run away (from the fires) don't they".