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Data
Wildfire geospatial data (public). 2024 Mar 14. Alberta Wildfire; [accessed 2024 Sept 19]. https://geospatial.alberta.ca/portal/home/group.html?id=6fb1c1f18c764cc59f397fceb9812070#overview.
Wildfire Analytics Lab
Photos
Deciduous stand photos are linked in the captions below.
All other photos were taken by the author.