Opinion: Fiery summer shows need to manage our forests from pests

It’s been a terrible year for forest fires in North America. As I write this, 31 lives have been lost to a massive blaze in northern California. We’ve also seen unprecedented destruction in British Columbia, with some devastating spillover into Waterton National Park. It all brings back painful memories of last year’s Fort McMurray tragedy.
There’s an important lesson in all of this destruction, though. We can’t let our guard down on forest management. We need to ac