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Can scientists save California's forests from wildfires?


Can scientists save California's forests from wildfires?

A crowded forest is more fire-prone. Drought-striken, stressed trees are vulnerable to bark beetles and pathogens. Pines die and their needles turn from a ...

Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when ...

UC Berkeley researchers found that prescribed burning, restoration thinning can reduce wildfire risk and boost a forest's resilience to climate change.

How the Indigenous practice of 'good fire' can help our forests thrive

Once outlawed, cultural burns can save our forests from uncontrollable wildfire ... California's communities and forests have become in ...

Extreme wildfires take a toll on California wildlife | US Forest Service

It clears out the forest floor, reducing risk to old growth trees and dense forest patches that support many species,” said Keane. “Fire can ...

As climate warms, California wildfires are becoming more severe ...

"Forest exposure has increased 41% over the past four decades, suggesting denser forests are now more vulnerable to wildfire," said Wang, who ...

Restoring Forest Health for Wildfire and Climate Resilience

California's 33 million acres of forestland and an urban forest canopy capture and clean our water supply, provide habitat for countless wildlife, cool our ...

Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier ... - Reddit

TL;DR A 20-year experiment in the Sierra Nevada confirms that different forest management techniques — prescribed burning, ...

How forest thinning waste could fund California wildfire prevention

Reducing catastrophic wildfire is one of the state's most challenging climate problems. A recent study by researchers at UCLA and the University ...

Scientists trying to make California forests more fire resilient

Emerging science suggests that creating more of that spotty, clustered mosaic in California forests could make them more wildfire-resilient. "We ...

How Will Redwoods Fare Under Wildfires in a Changing Climate?

Scientists and forest managers have long understood the need for this good fire on the landscape, but we are not yet applying it at large enough scales.

Fighting wildfires with fire: Can prescribed burns save our forests?

Scientists identify climate change as a key contributing factor in the rise in fire activity like 2021's Dixie Fire, which burned through nearly ...

Science: Wildfire Impacts - California Department of Fish and Wildlife

CDFW is focused on working with partners to address new challenges from extreme wildfires and to create resilient landscapes that can allow for wildfire that ...

Stopping Megafires in California | The Nature Conservancy

The Science Behind Forest Restoration · Ecological Forest Restoration (ecological thinning combined with controlled burns) can significantly ...

Wildfire experts escalate fight over saving California forests

But over the past few years, as California has endured record-breaking wildfires, a legion of fire scientists is delivering a blunt message to ...

Less Severe Forest Fires Can Reduce Intensity of Future Blazes

Low- and moderate-severity forest wildfires can reduce the intensity of future conflagrations for as long as 20 years in certain climates, according to new ...

A new wildfire strategy for California | Stanford Report

As California heads toward another wildfire season, Stanford researchers discuss the causes and necessary interventions. They say multiple ...

A Century of Fire Suppression Is Why California Is in Flames - Reddit

It needs to be done more in conjunction with lowing global emissions to ensure anything survives. A healthy forest still burns, just doesn't go ...

California's High Tech Approach to Preventing Wildfires

Hanson is part of a group of researchers who have done research using Forest Service data that shows backcountry forests that have been logged extensively burn ...

California's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan

Fourth, we recognize the scientific consensus that frequent, low-intensity fire can be a positive force in improving forest health and biodiversity and forested ...

5 Strategies on How to Prevent Wildfires in California | WFCA

Forests in California evolved with frequent fires to remove litter and brush and help keep space between trees. However, a century of improper land stewardship ...