Climate change and poor management means these fires are different: they burn so hot that the forest never returns or consists of entirely different plants and

Climate change and poor management means these fires are different: they burn so hot that the forest never returns or consists of entirely different plants and trees. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/forests-wildfires-1.4444998 https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/forests-wildfires-1.44449... >That complete lack of regrowth happened most frequently at lower-elevation sites that have become measurably warmer and drier in the past 30 years, said Stevens-Rumann, an assistant professor in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University. Those areas may no longer have suitable conditions for the growth of tree species that were there before and may become other types of ecosystems, such as grasslands. >The fire was so intense in some places that it burned up all organic matter needed to help the soil retain nutrients and moisture required for trees to grow. >[I]n some cases, the dominant black spruce and white spruce are being replaced by deciduous trees such as aspen. That's especially the case for forests that burned less than 80 years ago, where trees haven't yet had time to develop fire-resistant seed cones. Spruce trees are also outcompeted in drier areas, suggesting climate may also play a role, Whitman said.