How should we measure a wildfire season’s devastation? | Page 913 | Unpublished
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Author: Andrea Woo
Publication Date: August 18, 2026 - 06:00

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How should we measure a wildfire season’s devastation?

August 18, 2026

The scale of Canada’s wildfire seasons is told through a familiar accounting each summer: the total fire count, the control status of active blazes, the total area burned, the number of evacuation orders and the tally of structures lost.



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