{"id":74153,"date":"2025-05-29T06:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=74153"},"modified":"2025-05-29T06:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:05:45","slug":"ashes-to-action-a-call-for-post-wildfire-restoration-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/ashes-to-action-a-call-for-post-wildfire-restoration-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes to Action: A Call for Post-Wildfire Restoration in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>May 2025 is just over, and wildfires have already burned over 283,618 hectares<\/strong>\u00a0of land across Canada. By mid-May 2025, around 100 wildfires were active, primarily in Manitoba and Ontario, two major fires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan alone accounted for over half of the area burned by early May. In 2023 and 2024, wildfires destroyed over 22.3 million hectares\u2014nearly 7% of our forested land in two years. Now is the critical moment to initiate restoration efforts that can rejuvenate both our environment and economy.<\/p>\n

The importance of forest restoration cannot be overstated. The Canadian Tree Nursery Association-Association Canadienne des P\u00e9pini\u00e8res Foresti\u00e8res (CTNA<\/em>–ACPF<\/em>) calculates that restoring just 15% of the land lost in the recent (2023 and 2024) wildfires would require over 5.3 billion seedlings. This restoration effort could inject through the nursery sector alone, $1.87 billion into the economy, boost GDP by $3.91 billion, and create nearly 31,000 jobs.<\/p>\n

A key component of the CTNA-ACPF Four Step Plan for Recovery<\/em><\/strong> is the establishment of a National Forest Restoration Task Team. This Team would bring together experts from the forest restoration supply chain for a coordinated, regionally responsive recovery effort. It will collaborate with provincial, territorial, and indigenous partners to coordinate federal and provincial support focused on:<\/p>\n