Wilfrid Laurier University

$54,000.00 CAD

≈ 8 months of average Canadian pay
Department
Polar Knowledge Canada
Program
Northern Science and Technology Program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2021-2022
Agreement period
March 9, 2022 – March 31, 2022
Reference
polar-polaire:171-2021-2022-Q4-N0063

Published purpose

Building capacity in forest monitoring and fire ecology in the Northwest Territories; The incorporation of GNWT Fire and Forest Management Division employees into field research teams where new plots will be established in holdover or “zombie” fires. In Alaska and the NWT, holdover fires comprise 0.8% of area burned on average but during extreme years may contribute as much as 40%.

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