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Q&A: How smarter forest practices could help protect British Columbia's forests from wildfire, climate stress

Q&A: How smarter forest practices could help protect British Columbia's forests from wildfire, climate stress
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New research from the UBC-based Mother Tree Project is shedding light on how forests respond to harvesting and climate stress, including practices aimed at reducing wildfire risk. The work is published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research. Dr. Suzanne Simard, a forest ecologist who leads the project, has spent more than a decade studying how Douglas fir forests recover after disturbance. The

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