Teacher Resource Centre

Wildfires and Prescribed Fires

• General
• Prescribed Fires and the Effects of Fire Suppression

General

• Fire Management section
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/np-pn/eco/eco5.aspx
    
    
• The fire manager - Time for Nature, July 3, 2007
  • Mike Etches helps Parks Canada work with fire
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2007/2007-07-03_e.asp
    
    
• State of the Park Reports
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/bib-lib/docs5hi.aspx
    
    

Prescribed Fires and the Effects of Fire Suppression

• Fire on the prairie - Time for Nature, October 16, 2006
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-10-16_e.asp
    
    
• Not for the faint of heart - Time for Nature, June 4, 2007
  • Mountain Parks
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2007/2007-06-04_e.asp
    
    
• Controlling fire in Canada's mountain national parks
  • Banff National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/plan/plan8_e.asp
    
    
• Burning for conservation
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
• http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec8/page2.aspx
  
  
• Balancing fire safety with ecological integrity - Time for Nature, January 30, 2006
  • The Firesmart - ForestWise program in Jasper National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-01-30_e.asp
    
    
• Healthy Burnout - Time for Nature, August 12, 2002
  • Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2002/ao-au/index_e.asp
    
    
• Building support for bighorns - Time for Nature, July 26, 2004
  • Kootenay National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-07-26_e.asp
    
    
• FIRE! - Time for Nature, December 11, 2003
  • Kootenay National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2003/dec/index_e.asp
    
    
• Prescribed Fire as a Vegetation Management Tool in an Eastern White Pine Stand
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa/natcul/natcul2_e.asp
    
    
• Fire Management Program
  • Pukaskwa National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa/natcul/natcul2_e.asp
    
    
• North Swallow Prescribed Burn
  • Pukaskwa National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa/natcul/natcul2_e.asp
    
    
• Tales of the Trees - Time for Nature, May 26, 2008
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2008/2008-05-26_e.asp