Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire | Unpublished
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Author: Matthew Scace
Publication Date: May 19, 2025 - 11:26

Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire

May 19, 2025
Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends.“The next fire in here is going to be incredible,” says the former Parks Canada fire management co-ordinator, standing in the expansive Carrot Creek fire break.


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