Managed to death: How Canada turned its forests into a carbon bomb
Poor quality article.  I’d never use the National Observer as a source as they are very biased.  The National Observer are a group of well meaning social justice eco warriors that will gladly ignore any facts that don’t support their narrative, because they know they are correct. They do bring attention to otherwise ignored issues.<p>However, the worst of the forest fires this year were in pristine untouched forests in areas experiencing extreme weather as predicted by scientists.  Many were basically impossible to fight.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2023&#x2F;07&#x2F;21&#x2F;1188618934&#x2F;canada-wildfires-answers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2023&#x2F;07&#x2F;21&#x2F;1188618934&#x2F;canada-wildfires-a...</a><p>‘Canada is the second-largest country in the world, and almost half of that is forest,&quot; Barber said. &quot;A lot of that forest is remote, untouched wilderness, and it&#x27;s very difficult to manage wildfire in those areas where there is no road access or any of the infrastructure needed to support firefighting activity.&quot;’