Another great conservation article from Mark LR Hall.



http://hunterconservationist.ca/how-...lly-effin-big/


What Can Conservationists do to Help Advocate for Effin Big Fires on the Landscape?

Always be engaging your local habitat biologists to help them identify critical areas for habitat burns (draw really big circles on their maps).

Demand habitat biologists responsible for prescribed burns either go big or go home.

Demand that habitat biologists demonstrate how habitat burns are linked to firm population objectives (no wishy washing stuff).

Become familiar with your local Wildfire Center’s Fire Management Plan because it should show areas where the fire management objectives call for “modified responses” – aka let-burn-but-keep-an-eye-on-it approach. Hold fire managers accountable to letting fire burn where the objective is to let it burn. Tell them there will be no sneaking in to put out fires in those areas just because fire crews are on overtime.

Help support habitat projects and contribute third party funding to effin big habitat burns. Boycott funding for micro burns.

Engage your local politicians and government decision makers to educate them about the benefits of effin big burns. Help build their confidence in B.C.’s wildfire management experts’ abilities to execute effin big habitat burns. Tell them effin big habitat burns help protect communities from nasty wildfires. Tell them effin big fires will increase wildlife populations which will help get them re-elected.

Use social media and local newspapers to praise habitat burns (yes even micro burns).

Counter people who are complaining about smoke from habitat burns and tell them it’s the sweet smell of biodiversity. Super Natural B.C. = smoke once and while.

Be like a woodpecker looking for a grub deep inside a dry snag and relentlessly pound away on all the above items. The future of healthy wildlife populations depends on your hammering away at making effin big habitat burns a reality. Failure here is not an option folks.