Alberta wildfire experts in Bolivia to help with fire training, prevention
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.
“A lot of areas where they are fighting fires are extremely remote,” Park said in a recent interview from Banff, Alta.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.
“It’s incredible,” said Park. “They walk enormous distances. They are local people, they are used to high elevation and they are extremely fit.
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