Canadian wildfire experts training Bolivian counterparts

[Judi Lynn]

COLETTE DERWORIZ
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED MARCH 10, 2023



Jane Park, second right, talks to park rangers from ANMI El Palmar in Bolivia about an area that had burned in a wildfire a couple years ago.
LUIS MIGUEL CRUZ/THE CANADIAN PRESS

On her first trip to Bolivia in January, Jane Park hiked about 20 kilometres with national park rangers to a steep, remote area with endangered palm trees and the Andean, or spectacled, bear.

Much of the area in ANMI-El Palmar, one of the country’s protected areas, had been burned in a wildfire.

“A lot of areas where they are fighting fires are extremely remote,” Ms. Park said in a recent interview from Banff, Alta.

Ms. Park, who’s on an unpaid leave from her regular job as a fire and vegetation specialist in Banff National Park, is one of two Alberta experts spending some of their off-season helping the Bolivian government prepare for an increase in fires due to climate change.

More:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-wildfire-experts-training-bolivian-counterparts/

[Judi Lynn]

1. How prepared can one be to learn Jane Park works in Banff National Park? 👀

Banff National Park