Fire Ecology & Fire Management

This page is a subpage of nsforestmatters.ca/
Ecol. Forestry & Conservation

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This section (Fire Ecology & Fire Management) under revision Sep 5, 2025

Sub Pages:
– Forest Management & Fire
— — Social Media Comments
— — — Forest NS on wildfires, and some comments
– Ecological Recovery/Fire Ecology
— — Fire Prediction
— — Prescribed Fire
– FireSmart & Related Practices
— — History of FireSmart in Canada

Also view:

– In the News – Wildfire/Extreme Weather
Page on this website listing items in the News related to wildfires in NS and elsewhere, and extreme weather, particularly storms.

– Links/NS Gov Info/Fire
Page on this website: NS Gov. pages dealing with fire prediction/risk, suppression etc.

– backlandscoalition.ca/…Fire Ecology
Pertaining to the Backlands on the Halifax south mainland, a highly fire susceptible area supporting the globally rare/nationally unique fire adapted Jack Pine-Broom Crowberry Barrens.

– Watershed-level Management. Page on this website, links to articles examining effects of forest practices and wildfires on hydrological processes

– NS Forest Fires on www.versicolor.ca/nstriad
Section on NS forest fires on the NS Triad website, maintained June 21, 2022 to June 5, 2024.

– nsforestnotes.ca: “fire”
Links brought up by a search for “fire” on NS Forest Notes, website similar to NSNM maintained June 21, 2016 to June 21, 2022.

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THE FEDS’ WILDFIRE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

Canada Invests in Wildfire Innovation and Resilience Through New Centre of Excellence Natural Resources Canada, July 18, 2025: “Today, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience, announced an investment of $11.7 million over four years to establish the Wildfire Resilience Consortium of Canada (WRCC). Funded through the Wildfire Resilient Futures Initiative, the WRCC will serve as a national centre of excellence and virtual hub for wildland fire innovation and knowledge exchange.” Associated links Wildfire Resilience Consortium of Canada Centre of Excellence for Wildland Fire Innovation and Resilience Wildfire Resilient Futures Initiative Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction FPInnovations National Indigenous Fire Safety Council TRU Wildfire Thompson Rivers University Forest Products Association of Canada Canadian Wildland Fire Information System: Monthly and Seasonal Forecasts Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy WildFireSat Kananaskis Wildfire Charter Wildfires – Canada.ca National Adaptation Strategy