Experts say Manitoba needs better forest management to mitigate wildfires

Experts say Manitoba needs better forest management practices to mitigate and prevent the devastating impacts of wildfires, but there isn't a clear consensus on the best course forward, after a season that saw wildfires claim two lives and at least 130 cabins and homes.

Fires have also forced more than a dozen communities to evacuate and scorched more than seven per cent of the province's forests so far this year.

This country's forest management has been in the spotlight in the last month after American lawmakers complained to Canada's ambassador to the United States about the wildfire smoke blowing south of the border. They pointed to "a lack of active forest management" as the key driver.