Working with First Nations on an Indigenous fire stewardship protocol could go a long way

Practices like prescribed burns must be incorporated within federal and provincial strategies and leveraged not only for First Nations, but also for land across the country.
Practices like prescribed burns must be incorporated within federal and provincial strategies and leveraged not only for First Nations, but also for land across the country, writes Karen Restoule.

As wildfires burning across northern Canada reach record-breaking levels, more than 25,000 people—many of whom are First Nations—have been evacuated from their homes. Wildfire emergencies are increasingly becoming a regular occurrence, year after year. 

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