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Fighting Forest Fires
A dry forest, some hot weather, and high winds: all it takes to set off a raging fire in these conditions is a lightning strike or a careless camper. Every summer, forest fires threaten people, property and valuable timber in Canada. But we've learned to combat these fires with a combination of scientific research, new inventions and old-fashioned courage. From lookout towers to water bombers to remote sensing that predicts fire, Canada has long been a world leader in the technology of fighting forest fires.
Photo of Montana forest fire by John McColgan.
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Project Skyfire experiments with cloud seeding
Broadcast Date: Oct. 21, 1959
A U.S. scientist turns would-be rainmaker in an effort to fight forest fires.Project Skyfire experiments with cloud seeding
Medium: Radio
Program: Assignment
Broadcast Date: Oct. 21, 1959
Guest(s): J.S. Barrows
Host: Maria Barrett, Bill McNeil
Reporter: Laurie Corchin
Duration: 5:06
Last updated:
Jan. 6, 2004
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2:11
Sept. 26, 1950
Dense smoke from B.C. forest fires causes a spectacle in the sky, turning the sun and moon bright blue.
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Vancouver Island's Clayoquot Sound. Manitoba's boreal forests. The Central Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. These picturesque locales have served as the battlegrounds over the controversy of clearcutting —...
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Project Skyfire experiments with cloud seeding .
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Last updated: Jan. 6, 2004.
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