A vast swath of boreal forest that burnt in last year’s wildfires, near Heart Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada. — ©️2024 The New York Times Company
THE dead black spruce looked like giant, burnt matchsticks standing tall above the grey landscape, stretching as far as Jennifer Baltzer could see.
In Yellowknife, at the edge of one of Canada’s largest scorched forest areas, Baltzer’s focus was closer to the ground – the spruce seedlings were gone.
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