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B.C. lags significantly implementing landscape-scale excessive fuel mitigation, a key 2003 Kelowna wildfire Filmon report recommendation. Fuel mitigation lessens fire intensity and impact; doesn't necessarily reduce the overall area burned. #BCWildfire
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B.C.’s work to make forests more wildfire-proof is slow, careful and years behind
Hundreds of thousands of hectares need a fuel-mitigation makeover to keep future fires from burning unchecked