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Studies, reporting and guidance on why wildfire seasons in British Columbia are getting harder, and what property owners can do about it.
News
CBC News · April 2026
The B.C. Wildfire Service flags an elevated risk of extreme, hard-to-control fires in parts of the province, while experts say a changing climate makes each season harder to predict.
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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions · August 2025
A plain-language look at how climate change is lengthening fire seasons and worsening fire weather, drought and lightning, and what local and First Nations governments can do about it.
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Communications Earth & Environment · September 2023
Researchers compared fire perimeters and climate records from 1919 to 2021. Fire activity in B.C. began climbing around 2005, after a century of decline, as warming dried out the landscape.
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Canadian Journal of Forest Research
A peer-reviewed look at the record 2023 season, when about 2.84 million hectares burned in B.C., and the changes researchers say are needed to live alongside wildfire.
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CBC News · September 2023
A Canadian Forest Service study found that large, severe fires reached B.C. decades ahead of earlier projections. Researchers point to both climate change and how forests have been managed.
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FireSmart Canada
Explains the three priority zones around a home or building, from the first 1.5 metres out to 30 metres, and where to start reducing the risk of ignition.
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