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

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