National Parks: Time to Burn (for Ecological Integrity’s Sake)
April 1, 2016
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April 2016 Wildlands Advocate article by Andrea Johancsik.
Standing at the peak of the east end of Rundle last month, my friends and I marveled at the sunny, spring day we were fortunate enough to witness from 2,530m high. The hike gives vistas of remote mountain peaks and forested slopes, as well as the highly visible town of Canmore and the Spray Lakes dam. However, arguably one of the biggest human-caused changes in the mountain national parks is much less obvious. Decades of fire suppression have changed the landscape in a dramatic way; had we been at the summit 80 years ago our view likely would have been very different.
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