Fire and Drought Resources

Biochar Burn in Clearwater, BC

Reducing Wildfire Risks & Biochar: TSS Members Travel to Clearwater, BC, to Talk About Forest Resiliency

April 20, 2024

On April 5th and 6th, Grace Fields, the TSS Project Coordinator for the Climate Adaptation Research Lab (CARL), and Brian Smallshaw (Biochar Working Group Lead) travelled up to Clearwater, BC,…

Dr. Ruth Waldick in the field

Beyond Climate Change: the nuts and bolts of adaptation at the local scale

November 29, 2023

Transition Salt Spring is excited to announce a free webinar featuring our very own scientist-in-residence, Dr. Ruth Waldick. She’ll speak about local adaptation in a talk titled “Beyond Climate Change:…

New Report Shows Us How to Reduce Wildfire Risks

September 25, 2023

Fire risk reduction in the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone Read the Full Report here. Introducing a new practitioner’s report focused on reducing fire risk by increasing ecological integrity. Historically, wildfire…

FIRE Event- Ruth Waldick presents at Cumberland Community Forest Society Science Pub Series

September 25, 2023

FIRE Event- Ruth Waldick presents at Cumberland Community Forest Society Science Pub Series Event by Cumberland Forest Cumberland Masonic Hall Get Tickets Here The CCFS Science Pub Series is BACK! This…

Climate Adaptation Research Lab – Restoring the Maxwell Watershed with North Salt Spring Waterworks District.

September 19, 2023

Climate Adaptation Research Lab – Restoring the Maxwell Watershed with North Salt Spring Waterworks District Watch this short and brilliant 5-minute video.  It describes why we are doing our work…

Healthy forests can help protect us from disasters

June 12, 2023

Read the whole article in the May 24th 2023 issue of the Gulf Islands Driftwood. Andria Scanlan won’t ever forget the howling winds and trees that came crashing down around…

Future-proof your Home with Water Management: $ave Money and Improve Resiliency by Harnessing Your Water Resources – Video

June 9, 2023

Future-proof your Home with Water Management: $ave Money and Improve Resiliency by Harnessing Your Water Resources.  Watch this informative webinar that will revolutionize the way you manage water on your…

Why Healthy Forests Matter in Reducing Fire and Drought Risk with Erik Piikkila – Video

June 9, 2023

Why Healthy Forests Matter in Reducing Fire and Drought Risk with Erik Piikkila – Video Watch the recording of this enlightening Q&A session with Erik Piikkila, a forest ecologist, as…

Fire Risk Reduction in the Coastal Douglas-fir Biogeoclimatic Zone- Video

May 23, 2023

Transition Salt Spring hosted a workshop on February 27th, 2023 Fire Risk Reduction in the Coastal Douglas-fir Biogeoclimatic Zone:A Practitioner’s Workshop The event brought together over seventy participants, including regional…

Why Healthy Forests Matter with Forest Ecologist Erik Piikkila

Reducing Fire and Drought Risk with Erik Piikkila

May 13, 2023

Reducing Fire and Drought Risk: Protecting Our Drinking Water and Homes from Wildfires We are delighted to present two presentations by local Forest Ecologist Erik Piikkila from Yellow Point Ecological…