Interactive forest fire map

[Red Squirrel]

Pretty crazy the amount of fires going on and how much the smoke is covering a relatively big chunk of the country.

Weather Map: Fire & Smoke - The Weather Network

Weather maps provide past, current, and future radar and satellite images for local cities and regions.

www.theweathernetwork.com

 

[drnickriviera]

When you guys going to start raking your forest better? Have Canadian wildfires always been this bad or is this recent?

 

[Paperdoc]

I live in a smaller Canadian city with lots of Finnish immigrants in its history, so their descendents still impact local culture. From them a chorus of the Finnish equivalent of "Are you nuts?! Nobody in Finland rakes their forests!" Sure, that country does have extensive experience and expertise in forest management, meaning they are smart enough to know this is not feasible. Only an idiot confined to a White House lawn with hundreds of servants would propose that.

Forest fires certainly are receiving much more attention in Canada today that in the past. I believe it IS worse now and the attention is warranted. It is interesting to note that the majority of such fires in this country are in remote areas and NOT caused by human activity. They are ignited by natural events like lightning, but their rapid growth and spread are aided by drier conditions and hotter temperatures than were present historically. And by "history" I'm talking only about less than 100 years. So the PACE of such weather changes is increased. From what I can see of news elsewhere in the world this is NOT a Canadian phenomenon - it happens everywhere, presumably for the same reason - GLOBAL climate change.

 

[Red Squirrel]

When you guys going to start raking your forest better? Have Canadian wildfires always been this bad or is this recent?

We've always had some fires but the past few years seems to be really bad. They keep spraying glyphosate in the forests as they're trying to kill off indigenous species like poplar and birch so that's probably not helping. The leafy trees tend to slow down fires as they don't burn as fast as conifers.

 

[Chaotic42]

Yeah, it's been seriously messing with our air quality down here - it finally cools down and in comes the smoke.

 

[pete6032]

Pretty crazy the amount of fires going on and how much the smoke is covering a relatively big chunk of the country.

Weather Map: Fire & Smoke - The Weather Network

Weather maps provide past, current, and future radar and satellite images for local cities and regions.

www.theweathernetwork.com

If you had to pick, would you prefer a forest fire or a food facility fire?

 

[waffleironhead]

If you guys could keep your smoke to yourselves, that would be great. Live near duluth and we have been in a smoke haze for weeks now. Haha.
I heard our idiot representatives sent your gov some letters complaining about the smoke.

 

[Red Squirrel]

If you guys could keep your smoke to yourselves, that would be great. Live near duluth and we have been in a smoke haze for weeks now. Haha.
I heard our idiot representatives sent your gov some letters complaining about the smoke.

Trump is going to tariff the smoke lol.

 

[Quintessa]

Trump is going to tariff the smoke lol.

Well well well, "unfiltered forest products" without paying their fair share 😆
Next EO: build a big fan on the border.

 

[Paperdoc]

I live about 2 hours north of Duluth in Canada, so I note your request that we keep our smoke here. From our side, I have thought sometimes the Colorado Lows that sweep up and dump lots of snow on us in winter are annoying. I considered maybe a wall along our border which could stop those AND the smoke. But since that would have to be many miles high, I figure it would be even less effective than the wall on your Mexican border. So I guess I won't lobby for that.

 

[waffleironhead]

How about you work on keeping those Alberta clippers that dump all that snow on me and ill see what i can do to keep the colorado mess down here. Deal?

 

[Dr. Detroit]

They determined here in the California redwoods that overplanting after timber harvesting leads to a unhealthy ecosystem. Too many trees, too dense, no wildlife, natural ground has no sun to flourish. All of that leads to increased wildfire risk.

We created this mess...

Same for Pine forests

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah that doesn't help. They plant for profit instead of for restoring nature. Here it's a similar issue, but they're trying to create mono cultures. It's shitty because they do it via chemical spraying which contaminates the soil and lakes. They did my area a few years ago. Can't eat berries or game from the area anymore. Even out in the wilderness nothing is safe from human contamination. There are people trying to get that to stop, but the government doesn't listen.

'It's a dead forest': northern bush pilot, First Nations decry herbicide spraying

A bush pilot, hunting outfitter, and environmental lawyer in Foleyet has spent almost 20 years asking the provincial government to stop spraying chemical herbicides over Ontario forests.

www.ctvnews.ca