This episode explains how wildfire risk in British Columbia is shaped by both climate trends and a century of fire suppression, and what that means for urban forests, hazard abatement and provincial policy.

In conversation with Bruce Blackwell, M.Sc., R.P.F., R.P.Bio., Principal of Blackwell Consulting Ltd., we cover frontline experience from the Stanley Park hemlock looper response to municipal wildfire mitigation and watershed risk work.

You’ll hear practical, sector‑relevant analysis on tools and constraints: when thinning or prescribed burning is appropriate, the economics and technology gaps for recovering small‑diameter biomass, how conservation reserves can still require active mit ...