- Author: Grace Dean
Published on: April 17, 2023
Forty acres of forestland- that's how much Drew Nelson and his wife lost during the Creek fire of 2020. “We had intentions of rebuilding there,” he told me, but “it was a really tough time after the fire.” They decided to move to a plot nearby, where they could continue working towards their forest management goals. I spoke with Nelson, who accomplished a five-acre prescribed burn on the new site near Alder Springs this past February. Aided by the Sierra Resource Conservation District (SRCD) and his local Prescribed Burn Association...
Tags: broadcast burns (1), community resilience (1), Forest landowners (2), forest management (18), prescribed burning (5)
Focus Area Tags: Environment
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