The Canadian wildfire season has already begun, and western provinces are preparing for 2024 to be potentially more devastating than last year, which shattered records with 18.5 million hectares of land burned.

The fears of a brutal fire season — heightened by a lack of snowfall and rain — has also created demand for new community initiatives and provincial programs in several western provinces.

Billions in funding, community deals and fire bans are in effect in Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan{ai:summary}<p>With the Canadian wildfire season looming, western provinces brace for potentially worse devastation than last year, as fears rise due to lack of precipitation. #environment</p>

How western Canada is preparing for wildfire season

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