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Season 3 | Episode 6: Fire-fighting cattle: Using cattle and GIS to reduce the risk of forest fires in B.C.

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Strategic foraging reduces fuel for forest fires

Ranchers in BC are working with local officials to pilot an innovative wildfire mitigation project – using cows to graze on lands and lower the volume of forages around communities. Amanda Miller, an ecologist working on the project talked about how it’s a win-win situation

 How Cows in Canada Protect Communities from Wildfire