Exploring the Rocky Mountain fire environment

By Kiera Smith
​I recently returned from a four-month assignment with Parks Canada in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks of Yoho, Kootenay, and Banff national parks. Fire management in these parks is a year-round activity, but field activities are concentrated in the spring and summer. This meant that I was involved in a wide variety of prescribed fire, wildfire, and fire research operations during my work assignment.

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