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“When you think about British Columbia, you think about forests. Forestry has been king in our province for centuries. It’s part of our identity,” says Dr. Lauchlan Fraser, core researcher at TRU’s Institute for Wildfire Science, Adaptation and Resiliency, professor in the department of Natural Resource Science and NSERC Industrial Research Chair in ecosystem reclamation.

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“We’re trying to regrow forests quickly while also experiencing one of the greatest threats currently known, which is climate change,” he says.