An independent Report from the B.C. Forests Practices Board warns that urgent strategy changes are needed to prevent catastrophic wildfires in British Columbia. The report calls for a paradigm shift in forest management, stating that current strategies leave the wider forest landscape vulnerable. The report recommends the development of a long-term fire management plan and increased collaboration with Indigenous peoples. The largest wildfire in the province's history, the Donnie Creek fire, continues to burn out of control. B.C. has experienced its three largest wildfire seasons in 102 years, and 45% of public land is at high to extreme fire risk.

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