Educ 3508 Module 2 Assignment

The 2003 Crowsnest wildfires in Alberta burnt 20,000 hectares of forest over the course of a month. The fires reached heights of 50 meters and had the energy equivalent of an atomic bomb exploding every 30 minutes. While tourism businesses increased and unaffected businesses like dry cleaners and restaurants saw no change, timber and other forest-dependent industries decreased. Salvage logging rights were granted to local sawmills. The fires destroyed wildlife habitat but also led to richer undergrowth growth. Personal accounts documented people being forced to evacuate and homes burning as a result of the wildfires.