
Researchers studying recovery of Waterton plant life post-2017 Kenow wildfire
LETHBRIDGE, AB – The 2017 Kenow wildfire left a major mark on Waterton Lakes National Park.
Researchers at the University of Lethbridge (U of L) have been monitoring plant life at the park to see how vegetation has responded since the blaze seven years ago.
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“We know we have increasing fires on the landscape recently, so plant communities are going to have to deal with that, but then we also have increases in human-caused stressors like recreation,” says Dr. Jenny McCune, a biology professor at the post-secondary.