Maude Lussier
@maudelussier.bsky.social
Wildfire Mitigation | Emergency Management
I help communities coexist with wildfire
Lillooet, BC | Canada
I help communities coexist with wildfire
Lillooet, BC | Canada
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ICYMI: “Banff takes lessons from destructive Jasper wildfire: 'FireSmart works'” www.rmoutlook.com/banff/banff-... - Rocky Mountain Outlook
#ABFire #Alberta #Banff #Wildfires cc: #Jasper
#ABFire #Alberta #Banff #Wildfires cc: #Jasper
Banff takes lessons from destructive Jasper wildfire: 'FireSmart works'
"It became apparent that given how quickly things were likely to develop that if we had ignition in the lower valley bottom the fires would likely get large quite quickly.”
www.rmoutlook.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
ICYMI: “Banff takes lessons from destructive Jasper wildfire: 'FireSmart works'” www.rmoutlook.com/banff/banff-... - Rocky Mountain Outlook
#ABFire #Alberta #Banff #Wildfires cc: #Jasper
#ABFire #Alberta #Banff #Wildfires cc: #Jasper
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New report out today - theBritish Columbia Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA). This assessment includes natural and climate-related hazards in BC—such as floods, extreme heat, wildfires and earthquakes
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca/pages/dcrra
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca/pages/dcrra
DCRRA
This page is part of the ClimateReadyBC site. The British Columbia Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA) and the B.C. Hazard Insights Tool provide key information on different ha...
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
New report out today - theBritish Columbia Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA). This assessment includes natural and climate-related hazards in BC—such as floods, extreme heat, wildfires and earthquakes
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca/pages/dcrra
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca/pages/dcrra
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🔥 New fire paper out - Fire regime changes in Canada: an update. Overall, the big-picture trends remain consistent: annual area burned, the annual number and size of large fires are still increasing, but the total number of fires for all sizes continue to decline.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Fire regime changes in Canada: an update
Given the recent rise in extreme fires, we present an update to a previous Canadian wildfire trend analysis (1959-2015) with nine additional years of data (2016-2024), an improved area burned dataset,...
cdnsciencepub.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🔥 New fire paper out - Fire regime changes in Canada: an update. Overall, the big-picture trends remain consistent: annual area burned, the annual number and size of large fires are still increasing, but the total number of fires for all sizes continue to decline.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
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What happens when a critical sector like forestry, the backbone of so many rural communities in western Canada, is no longer viable or sustainable because so much standing and future volume has been lost to wildfires? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wildfire management at a crossroads: Mitigation and prevention or response and recovery?
As direct and indirect costs of fires continue to grow, so too might motivation to invest more heavily in mitigation
www.science.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What happens when a critical sector like forestry, the backbone of so many rural communities in western Canada, is no longer viable or sustainable because so much standing and future volume has been lost to wildfires? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Wildfires are having increasing negative impacts on animals, landscapes, and humans — including farmers and ranchers and their livestock and properties. This week in Offrange, I investigate how prescribed burns can help, and how to protect yourself and your acreage. ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
To Burn or Not to Burn - Offrange
After years of devastating wildfires, many producers are wondering if prescribed burns might improve their acreage. Here’s how to keep land, livestock, buildings, and selves safe.
ambrook.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Wildfires are having increasing negative impacts on animals, landscapes, and humans — including farmers and ranchers and their livestock and properties. This week in Offrange, I investigate how prescribed burns can help, and how to protect yourself and your acreage. ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
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✏ Long-hidden Inuit drawings are finally getting their spotlight. Turns out these archives were keeping the best art secret in the North!
'Sights Unseen'
Text by Cooper Langford
Photos courtesy of Kinngait Studio archive
Read the full story here: uphere.ca/articles/sig...
'Sights Unseen'
Text by Cooper Langford
Photos courtesy of Kinngait Studio archive
Read the full story here: uphere.ca/articles/sig...
October 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
✏ Long-hidden Inuit drawings are finally getting their spotlight. Turns out these archives were keeping the best art secret in the North!
'Sights Unseen'
Text by Cooper Langford
Photos courtesy of Kinngait Studio archive
Read the full story here: uphere.ca/articles/sig...
'Sights Unseen'
Text by Cooper Langford
Photos courtesy of Kinngait Studio archive
Read the full story here: uphere.ca/articles/sig...
Reposted by Maude Lussier
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After Yunesit’in was ravaged by wildfire in 2017, former chief Russell Myers Ross started chasing a dream: a house built to withstand everything climate change can throw at it. new from @sevawood.bsky.social:
thenarwhal.ca/fire-resista...
thenarwhal.ca/fire-resista...
How do you build a home that can survive B.C. wildfires? | The Narwhal
In Tsilhqot’in territory, a former Yunesit’in chief and an architect designed a fire-resistant house built to last in B.C.’s hot Interior
thenarwhal.ca
September 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
After Yunesit’in was ravaged by wildfire in 2017, former chief Russell Myers Ross started chasing a dream: a house built to withstand everything climate change can throw at it. new from @sevawood.bsky.social:
thenarwhal.ca/fire-resista...
thenarwhal.ca/fire-resista...
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Double Yikes for BC wildfires
Lots of lightning this weekend in BC (& WA-OR-ID) after a very long hot & dry period. Fuels are receptive (Duff Moisture Code is high - means very dry fuels where ltg fires typically ignite). If the forecast holds, I expect 100-200 new fire starts during Sept. 6-9 in BC
Lots of lightning this weekend in BC (& WA-OR-ID) after a very long hot & dry period. Fuels are receptive (Duff Moisture Code is high - means very dry fuels where ltg fires typically ignite). If the forecast holds, I expect 100-200 new fire starts during Sept. 6-9 in BC
September 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Double Yikes for BC wildfires
Lots of lightning this weekend in BC (& WA-OR-ID) after a very long hot & dry period. Fuels are receptive (Duff Moisture Code is high - means very dry fuels where ltg fires typically ignite). If the forecast holds, I expect 100-200 new fire starts during Sept. 6-9 in BC
Lots of lightning this weekend in BC (& WA-OR-ID) after a very long hot & dry period. Fuels are receptive (Duff Moisture Code is high - means very dry fuels where ltg fires typically ignite). If the forecast holds, I expect 100-200 new fire starts during Sept. 6-9 in BC
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A bit farther ahead, it's increasingly looking like a rather extreme late-season ridge & heatwave event may develop over Pacific NW & British Columbia in about a week--with some degree of anomalous warmth extending across most of the West (including California). #CAwx #ORwx #WAwx
August 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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A good story about current and historical fire activity in Canada (and the US) though I may be biased
thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...
thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...
North America’s forests used to burn a lot more than present…
So, is climate change really making wildfires worse today?
thetradeoff.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A good story about current and historical fire activity in Canada (and the US) though I may be biased
thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...
thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...
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I’m teaching a GIS course Fall 2025 on wildfire activity mapping. This class will be offered through the Prof and Continuing Edu program at Eastern Washington University and you don’t need to be an EWU student to enroll! Email or DM with questions or if you’d like the syllabus!
August 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’m teaching a GIS course Fall 2025 on wildfire activity mapping. This class will be offered through the Prof and Continuing Edu program at Eastern Washington University and you don’t need to be an EWU student to enroll! Email or DM with questions or if you’d like the syllabus!
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Colorado's Marshall Fire survivors share their stories of loss, resilience and community support through an oral history project.
Their experiences offer insights for other communities facing climate-related disasters. theconversation.com/colorados-ma...
Their experiences offer insights for other communities facing climate-related disasters. theconversation.com/colorados-ma...
Colorado’s Marshall Fire survivors find healing and meaning through oral history project
Oral history contributors were able to share their stories, and many felt a sense of healing.
theconversation.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Colorado's Marshall Fire survivors share their stories of loss, resilience and community support through an oral history project.
Their experiences offer insights for other communities facing climate-related disasters. theconversation.com/colorados-ma...
Their experiences offer insights for other communities facing climate-related disasters. theconversation.com/colorados-ma...
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This is a great article on fire risk for communities of any size:
www.steamboatpilot.com/news/study-s... #wildfire
www.steamboatpilot.com/news/study-s... #wildfire
Study shows Routt County residents underestimate wildfire risk
A recently completed study by the Wildfire Research Center shows that an average 65% of homes in three representative Routt County neighborhoods are considered at “high” risk from wildfire, yet only 1...
www.steamboatpilot.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is a great article on fire risk for communities of any size:
www.steamboatpilot.com/news/study-s... #wildfire
www.steamboatpilot.com/news/study-s... #wildfire
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🚩Potential for another fire weather/fire episode in Canada Starting next Tue-Wed (Jul 29-30) in AB then shifting to SK – MB – NWRN ON (Wed – Sat Aug 2). This is concerning as 2025 is very active fire season with 280 Out of Control fires - many in the regions mentioned. 500mb anomaly forecast below.
July 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🚩Potential for another fire weather/fire episode in Canada Starting next Tue-Wed (Jul 29-30) in AB then shifting to SK – MB – NWRN ON (Wed – Sat Aug 2). This is concerning as 2025 is very active fire season with 280 Out of Control fires - many in the regions mentioned. 500mb anomaly forecast below.
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“The man didn’t have to cut a fireline with a Pulaski or a chainsaw; he didn’t have to work in a bulldozer cutting a dozer line; and he didn’t have to have air support to keep the fire out of the trees. The snow did the work.”
Cultural burning: Wildfires in the Arctic – Wildfire Today
wildfiretoday.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“The man didn’t have to cut a fireline with a Pulaski or a chainsaw; he didn’t have to work in a bulldozer cutting a dozer line; and he didn’t have to have air support to keep the fire out of the trees. The snow did the work.”
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Listening to a panel that includes Dr. Stephen Pyne - arguably the country's most important wildfire historian - and he just called for getting rid of the term the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). That's because it presumes the responsibility of wildfire for urban fires like LA, Lahaina, Marshall etc
July 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Listening to a panel that includes Dr. Stephen Pyne - arguably the country's most important wildfire historian - and he just called for getting rid of the term the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). That's because it presumes the responsibility of wildfire for urban fires like LA, Lahaina, Marshall etc
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July 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Wildfires are making glaciers retreat faster, but not how you might think.
Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster.
@kristendejager.bsky.social reports. 🗻🔥
Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster.
@kristendejager.bsky.social reports. 🗻🔥
How Wildfires Are Speeding the Shrinking of BC’s Glaciers | The Tyee
Researchers with a new study on smoke and the ‘ice albedo effect’ are startled by the quick pace of melting.
thetyee.ca
June 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Wildfires are making glaciers retreat faster, but not how you might think.
Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster.
@kristendejager.bsky.social reports. 🗻🔥
Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster.
@kristendejager.bsky.social reports. 🗻🔥
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“It’s great to have these international agreements when we need them...but we have got to shift the funding formula and our actions to getting out ahead of these problems and not just responding to them." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The G7 Tackled Wildfires. Was It a Milestone? | The Tyee
Experts agree it’s a step in the right direction, but has major gaps.
thetyee.ca
June 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“It’s great to have these international agreements when we need them...but we have got to shift the funding formula and our actions to getting out ahead of these problems and not just responding to them." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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📢 We’re hiring! The Canadian Climate Institute is looking for a Senior Communications Specialist to help shape compelling content for the Institute's publications. Remote position from anywhere in Canada. Learn more and apply by July 9, 2025 👇
canadianclimateinstitute.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
canadianclimateinstitute.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
June 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📢 We’re hiring! The Canadian Climate Institute is looking for a Senior Communications Specialist to help shape compelling content for the Institute's publications. Remote position from anywhere in Canada. Learn more and apply by July 9, 2025 👇
canadianclimateinstitute.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
canadianclimateinstitute.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
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I loved this story from @thenarwhal.ca today on the Kainai Nation's new fire guardians program. Gorgeous photographs! #prescribedfire #goodfire
thenarwhal.ca/kainai-fire-...
thenarwhal.ca/kainai-fire-...
Kainai Nation: the first Indigenous fire guardians program in Canada | The Narwhal
With funding from Natural Resources Canada, Kainai Nation is restoring cultural burns on the landscape with its Indigenous fire guardians program
thenarwhal.ca
June 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I loved this story from @thenarwhal.ca today on the Kainai Nation's new fire guardians program. Gorgeous photographs! #prescribedfire #goodfire
thenarwhal.ca/kainai-fire-...
thenarwhal.ca/kainai-fire-...
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Active forest fires in BC, AB and ON today. GOES-West mid-ir showing active and extremely active fires (white and red respectively) in BC and AB. Another active day tomorrow for BC & AB and area burned in Canada will likely hit 3 million ha soon. Only 2023 had more area burned at this time of year.
June 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Active forest fires in BC, AB and ON today. GOES-West mid-ir showing active and extremely active fires (white and red respectively) in BC and AB. Another active day tomorrow for BC & AB and area burned in Canada will likely hit 3 million ha soon. Only 2023 had more area burned at this time of year.
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Save the date!! We'll have an important discussion about #wildfires and #watershed health.
www.raincoast.org/2025/05/when...
www.raincoast.org/2025/05/when...
Upcoming webinar: When Fire Meets Water | Raincoast
We’re talking with experts about healthy watersheds as a solution for landscape-scale wildfire resilience.
www.raincoast.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Save the date!! We'll have an important discussion about #wildfires and #watershed health.
www.raincoast.org/2025/05/when...
www.raincoast.org/2025/05/when...
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I just finished up a month-long podcast series (supported by @fireaside.bsky.social), all centered on Community Wildfire Resilience. My approach to this conversation was to start as big as possible—with community resilience policy in California—and end at the community/implementation scale.
June 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I just finished up a month-long podcast series (supported by @fireaside.bsky.social), all centered on Community Wildfire Resilience. My approach to this conversation was to start as big as possible—with community resilience policy in California—and end at the community/implementation scale.