Construction of the fire guard will include the harvest of 200 hectares of mature forest and another 116 hectares will be thinned out. Photo provided by Alberta government "Decades of fire ...

After the destructive wildfire in Jasper, Alberta in 2024, the province is taking steps to safeguard other heavily forested areas from future catastrophic events. The Weather Network's Connor ...

as he joined Alberta Forestry Minister Todd Loewen, and other politicians to provide an update on construction of the new community fire guard. Approximately 200 hectares (495 acres) of forest ...

Increasing wildfire prevention in the Bow Valley has long been a priority for Canmore and nearby communities, though a lack of funding has delayed many preventative measures in the past.

A lack of precipitation and above-seasonal temperatures have increased the wildfire danger to moderate in the Calgary Forest ...

Nestled in Alberta’s badlands ... and in the lowlands, tropical forests harboured rivers and creeks, marshes and wetlands. The expansive sea would have absorbed heat in the summer months ...

Once there are enough beetles to blast large trees, large swaths of forest are essentially doomed. Since 2004 foresters in Alberta, Canada, have cut more than a million infested trees, hoping to ...

Alberta wildfire crews have already begun to perform prescribed burns around the province, ahead of the 2025 forest fire season. Starting on Jan. 6, 8,000 hectares around Ribbon Creek in ...

Beneath some of Alberta’s snowy cold, “zombie” wildfires are smoldering, slumbering dragons waiting for air and warmth to snarl back to life. The remnants of some 2024 wildfires have gone ...