Fast Wildfires Burn More Severely, Hindering Forest Recovery: Study

Fast-moving wildfires reshaping B.C.’s forests, new study finds

New research suggests that fast-moving wildfires, such as the Bald Ridge blaze near Summerland that forced recent evacuations, are burning bigger and leaving forests less able to grow back to their pre-burn state.

Fast Wildfires Burn More Severely, Hindering Forest Recovery: Study

Scientists analyzed more than 33,000 individual daily spread events and found that the fastest-moving fires consumed more area, but also burned those areas more severely. As a result, there are fewer trees left to reseed