Fig. 2: National map showing the selection and location of the 33 communities at high risk from wildfire. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: National map showing the selection and location of the 33 communities at high risk from wildfire.

From: Integrating fire-smart fuels management with bioenergy benefits remote and Indigenous communities in Canada

Fig. 2

The circles below also show a close-up of two communities illustrating the spatial boundaries of the biomass available for fuel treatment (BAFT). BAFT is defined as the accumulation of undisturbed above ground biomass older than 30-years old located within the wildland human interface (WHI) and constrained by a 10 km buffer around the community and excluding biomass located within 30 m of water bodies. The age of the biomass was determined with the time since last disturbance, i.e. burned or harvested areas. On the left, Watson Lake located in Yukon is the community with the largest amount of BAFT. On the right, Shamattawa, located in Manitoba with the smallest amount of BAFT (see Table 1 for more details of each community; Abbreviations for Canadian provinces and jurisdictions: AB Alberta, BC British Columbia, MB Manitoba, NB New Brunswick, NL Newfoundland and Labrador, NS Nova Scotia, NT Northwest Territories, NU Nunavut, ON Ontario, PE Prince Edward Island, QC Quebec, SK Saskatchewan, YT Yukon).

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