It's easy to spot contrasts in the forest landscape around Jasper National Park. Countless coniferous trees with thick, deep green branches line roads and mountainsides in areas spared from July's ...

"We conclude fire suppression has altered the fire regime and reduced resilience of the mountain forests in Jasper National Park," Raphael Chavardes and Lori Daniels wrote in a 2016 research paper.

A welcome rain was falling Friday over parts of western Canada, where wildfires have been devastating some of the most beautiful natural landscapes in the country – and the world. Two fires ...

Jasper National Park officials said the fire entered ... There were significant losses in some areas, they said. Forest firefighters and others without self-contained breathing apparatuses were ...

On Monday, there were about 400 out-of-control fires in the country, 56 in Alberta alone, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. Canada’s Jasper National Park and the town of ...

Those without a ride were told to go to the Jasper Activity Centre, Forest Park Hotel or Maligne Lodge. Travel was not recommended west of the town of Hinton, just east of the national park.

“The Town of Jasper and Jasper National Park remain closed ... is high to extreme,” according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Firefighters were hoping Tuesday for downpours ...

July 29 (Reuters) - Parks Canada, the federal agency managing the country's national ... natural forest ecosystems and not doing more to remove beetle-affected trees around Jasper.

It's easy to spot contrasts in the forest landscape around Jasper National Park. Countless coniferous trees with thick, deep green branches line roads and mountainsides in areas spared from July's ...