We have a program in Alberta, called FireSmart, that exists in many other jurisdictions. Certainly, a large amount of applied research and technology transfer and knowledge transfer has gone into educating communities on how forests can be managed in their vicinity to help reduce the potential for a catastrophic fire. There's been a significant investment in many locations in silviculture directed specifically at that target. Given the catastrophic fires that have happened in Alberta in the last few years, there's been very significant renewed attention given to implementing those programs on the ground. The exact source of funding for those I'm not aware of, but certainly support has been made available for understanding how silviculture can be used in those contexts.
The one thing I would add is that it's very important, when thinking about fire, to understand that there are circumstances where fire is unstoppable. Weather circumstances can conspire to.... For example, with the fires in Banff, basically nothing could be done once that fire started, but much can be done before a fire starts to alter the situation. I think the knowledge and information are there. It's a question of putting the resources in place to implement them.
