's most abundant plants is in trouble: patches of hardy salal plants are turning up brown, crispy and dying. "We thought right away that something really unusual is happening when we were getting calls from a lot of different areas of the province," Hamelin said. "It's something that's really unusual." "If it's climate-related, usually these extreme weather events, once the weather go back to normal, there's a recovery. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)In the meantime, a dry covering of dead plants on the ground does not bode well for forest fire season.

Source: CBC News May 09, 2019 01:30 UTC