Forest thinning could serve multiple purposes in N.W.T.’s battle with climate change
Just south of the N.W.T. border, a First Nation is thinning 7 hectares of forest to protect homes from wildfires. The N.W.T. used the same tool to try to double the carbon storage of pine trees near Sandy Lake this past summer.Becky Kostka, the lands and resources manager at Smith’s Landing First Nation, says the…