Fig. 2
From: Guiding principles for transdisciplinary and transformative fire research
Recent (red; 2017–2023) and historical (yellow; 1959–2016) wildfire events (≥ 1000 ha) in British Columbia. Deeper yellow indicates overlap between historical wildfire events (re-burns). The vast majority has only experienced one wildfire event, with re-burns being extremely rare due to the efficacy of fire suppression in this time period. Of the land area burned since 1959, approximately 58% burned in the 7 years (inclusive) between 2017 and 2023. This map does not include prescribed or cultural fires. Gray lines represent major road networks. Fire perimeter data from the BC Wildfire Service (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fire-perimeters-historical)