'It blows my mind': How B.C. destroys a key natural wildfire defence every year

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Last year, 12,812 hectares of B.C. forest was sprayed with the herbicide glyphosate. It's an annual event — a mass extermination of broadleaf trees mandated by the province.

The eradication of trees like aspen and birch on regenerating forest stands is meant to make room for more commercially valuable conifer species like pine and Douglas fir.

But experts say it also removes one of the best natural defences we have against wildfire, at a time when our warming climate is helping make large, destructive fires more and more common.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/it-blows-my-mind-how-b-c-destroys-a-key-natural-wildfire-defence-every-year-1.4907358
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I have lived in BC my entire life except for a few years away with the military. This is the first I've ever heard of this.

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1. It's a potent systemic

I wish we could leave the forests to heal and utilize the cannabis hemp plant instead. Hemp does everything wood does except the grain look of wood.

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2. I use bamboo toilet paper.

It's definitely a fast growing, renewable, but I haven't really researched the cultivation to see how environmentally friendly it is.

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3. I use a bidet

It really helps limit paper use need.

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4. Washington state forest

lands - public and private - are sprayed with herbicides for the same reason. They also spray peoples' homes who live near those lands. They refuse to even give warning.