A group of around 20 people wearing hard hats and safety gear gathered recently under a cloudless sky at Cranberry Flats, to set the conservation area south of Saskatoon on fire.

Flames and smoke quickly turned the brown grassland black and the blue sky grey; but instead of destruction, this fire will work like medicine for nature, boosting the health of the prairie environment.

The people using drip torches to light the area were part of the Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) in Saskatoon, a five-day learning event bringing together people from Western Canada and beyond.

“We have multiple partners here in Saskatoon that have been burning together for nearly 30 years,” said Renny Grilz, manager of conservation with the Meewasin Valley Authority, one of the agencies organizing th

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