- Author: Jeannette Warnert
Published on: July 10, 2020
Reposted from the UCANR Green Blog
Healthy California wildlands were managed with periodic wild and cultural fires for millennia. As the state's population and development grew, officials suppressed most fires out of concern for people, homes and businesses.
Though well-meaning, the strategy left land overgrown with vegetation capable of fueling even more dangerous high-intensity wildfires. The past few years have seen an exponential increase in catastrophic wildfires in California.
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UCANR: Protecting California's natural resources
Focus Area Tags: Environment
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