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Eight years of fire weather data from sixteen representative weather stations within the Boreal Forest Natural Region of Alberta were used to compile reference weather streams for low, moderate, high, very high and extreme Fire Weather Index (FWI) conditions. These reference weather streams were adjusted to create daily weather streams for input into Prometheus – the Canadian Wildland Fire Growth Model. Similar fire weather analyses were completed using Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM) output for northern Alberta (174 grid cells) to generate FWI class datasets (temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, Fine Fuel Moisture Code, Duff Moisture Code and Drought Code) for 1 ×, 2 × and 3 × CO2 scenarios. The relative differences between the CRCM scenario outputs were then used to adjust the reference weather streams for northern Alberta. Area burned was calculated for 21 fires, fire weather classes and climate change scenarios. The area burned estimates were weighted based on the historical frequency of area burned by FWI class, and then normalized to derive relative area burned estimates for each climate change scenario. The 2 × and 3 × CO2 scenarios resulted in a relative increase in area burned of 12.9 and 29.4% from the reference 1 × CO2 scenario.

Cordy Tymstra3, Rob ~c~l~i n e~, Brad ~a w k e s~, Herman stegehuis6, Sherra ~u i n t i l i o~, Sylvie ~a u t h i e r~ and Karl peck9Sustainable forest management in many of Canada's forest ecosystems requires simultaneously miniizing the socioeconomic impacts of fire and maximizing its ecological benefits. A pragmatic approach to addressing these seemingly conflicting objectives is fire-smart forest management. This involves planning and conducting forest management and fire management activities in a fully integrated manner at both the stand and landscape levels. This paper describes the concept of fire-smart forest management, discusses its need and benefits, and explores challenges to effective implementation.Key words: forest fire management, fire-smart forest management, landscape fire assessment, sustainable forest management La pratique du d6veloppement durable clans plusieurs des kosystiimes forestiers du Canada doit minimiser des les impacts socio4conomiques des incendies de for& tout en maximisant leur effets bknkfiques sur le plan kcologique. Afin de rkaliser de concert ces deux objectifs qui semblent contradictoires, une approche pragmatique pourrait &re la solution: l'amknagement forestier intelli-feu (c.-8-d. fire-smart). Cette approche vise la planiflcation et la realisation des activitks d'amknagement forestier et de gestion des incendies de fa~on inGgr6e, tant au niveau des paysages qu'au niveau des peuplements. Cet article pr6sente le concept d'amtnagement forestier intelli-feu, sa nkcessit6 et ses avantages, ainsi que les dkfis qui se posent face 2 sa rnise en pratique.Mots-clb : am6nagement forestier durable, amknagement forestier intelli-feu, kvaluation des incendies au niveau du paysage, gestion des incendies de forst

List of Appendices Appendix I Anomaly graphs and maps are completed for each Alberta Appendixlactive climate station. Appendix II Large spring wildfires illustrated on the April and May AppendixII-1 precipitation anomaly maps for Alberta. Appendix III Summary of fire history studies completed in Alberta AppendixIII-1 Appendix IV Application aspects of five landscape disturbance models Appendixl V-l used to model fire regimes on Alberta landscapes. Protection, Forest Land Use, Timber Management, Construction and Maintenance, and Training. The Forest Service also opened a new fire control facility (called the Fire Control Depot) near the Edmonton City Centre Airport. The staff and resources at the Fire Control Depot significantly advanced the Forest Protection Program, and provided greater efficiencies for the coordinated initial attack of fires. The 1968 Vega fire highlighted the need to strengthen the Forest and Prairie Protection Act. This Act was subsequently revised and tabled in the legislature in 1971. The fire control policy in 1971 was based on a number of objectives: