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  1. Crowsnest Fires
  2. Details
    • August 21, 2003
    • Seasonal wildfire got out of control
    • Wall of flames stretched 6 km long and 50 m high
    • Produced energy equivalent to an atomic explosion every 30 minutes
  3. Resident Evacuations
    • People forced to abandon their homes
    • Example: Elaine Hruby
      • Told to evacuate at 10 am
      • Grabbed her pets and some random possessions
      • All she could do was drive away and watch the fire spread.
  4. Impact
    • 20,000 hectares of forest burned
    • Local tourism hit hard by fires
    • Other local businesses unaffected
      • Dry cleaners, gas stations, restaurants, etc.
  5. Spray Lake Sawmills
    • Benefited from the fire
    • Able to salvage burnt lumber
      • 28% quota of salvage rights
    • Amount of actual salvage depends on the extent of the damage and the cost to access debris
  6. Ecological Impact
    • Large, old forests inhibit undergrowth
    • Fires can have a positive ecological impact
    • New life will eventually grow in the area impacted by the fire
    • Leads to ecological diversity
  7. From this...
  8. To this...
  9. Image Sources
    • Forest Fires [Online Image].  (n.d.).  Retrieved Sept. 21, 2009, from filebuzz.com.   http://www.filebuzz.com/fileinfo/9829/Forest_Fires.html .
    • Forest Fire Aftermath [Online image].  (n.d.).  Retrieved Sept. 21, 2009, from wikipedia.org.   http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_fire_aftermath.jpg .
    • Moore, William (Photographer).  (2009, June 29).  [Photograph of forest fire regrowth, Lake Tahoe], [Online image].  Lake Tahoe and Virginia City – opposites attract [Web log message].  Retrieved Sept. 21, 2009, from http://bmoore3photos.blogspot.com/2009/06/lake-tahoe-and-virginia-city-opposites.html .
    • Richard (Photographer).  (2009, July 4) Crowsnest Pass Sunset , [Online image].  Some mountains at day’s end [Web log message].  Retrieved Sept. 21, 2009, from http://my.opera.com/musickna/blog/2009/07/04/some-mountains-at-days-end .
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