British Columbia
Forests

  • Canadian Wildland Fire Information System

    Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS) contains daily fire weather, year-round fire behavior and hot spot maps throughout the forest fire season, generally between May and September. Multiple offerings are available including an interactive map, current conditions, fire danger, weather, fire weather, fire behaviour, fire M3 hotspots, and monthly and seasonal forecasts. Historical analyses including fire weather normals and fire behaviour normals are also available. Data are available as point and polygon data.
    Organization: Government of Canada: Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service

  • CWFIS DataMart

    The Canadian Wildland Fire Information Service (CWFIS) DataMart contains observational fire history data. Datasets include the National Burned Area Composite (defined as the area of forest burned annually since 2004), National Fire Database fire polygon data (forest fire perimeters), National Fire Database fire point data (forest fire locations), the Large Fire Database fire point data (fires greater than 200 hectares between 1959 and 1999), and Alberta Smoke Plume Observations data (observations of 222 plumes collected between 2010 and 2015). Historical point and polygon data are available across Canada.
    Organization: Government of Canada: Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service

  • Urban Forest: A Climate Adaptation Guide

    This guide supports the assessment and use of urban forests to manage climate change impacts. The focus is British Columbia but it may be applicable to other regions.
    Organization: Government of British Columbia, Fraser Basin Council, Government of Canada: Natural Resources Canada – BC Ministry of Community, Sport, and Development

  • Climate Change on Species

  • Cultural Effects of Climate Change on First Nations

  • Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Climate Change

  • Climate Change on Hunting and Fishing

  • Climate Change on Languages

  • Social Effects of Climate Change on First Nations