Depending on weather conditions, the city will choose a date later this month to carry out the burns in several locations within High Park, continuing an Indigenous practice that protects the park's rare black oak savannahs.An Indigenous jingle dress dancer participates in a ceremony at a prescribed burn at High Park in Toronto on April 13, 2023.
Toronto has carried out traditional and prescribed burns in the park for over two decades, the news release said, which are crucial to save rare vegetation communities that are at risk of extinction throughout North America. The city will incorporate Indigenous knowledge and ceremony into the High Park burn, the news release said. Indigenous peoples used traditional burns to maintain and care for black oak savannahs in the High Park before European settlement, the city said.
On the day of the burn, the park will be closed to vehicular access and people will be restricted from entering certain areas. Park users can anticipate limited access close to active burn sites.
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