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California's Wildfires

Stay informed on ongoing fire devastation and restoration, see the wide-reaching impacts of California’s worsening wildfires, and discover centuries-old Indigenous practices that may offer a path forward for living and working with fire.

Smoke from wildfires engulfs the valley. | From "The West is Burning"

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Hill climbed her redwood in December 1997 expecting to be up there for two weeks. She descended more than two years later.
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Sage grouse politics, a performance review for the USFWS, and other stories that should have been big news in 2015 -- but weren't.
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Since 2005 it's been property owners' legal responsibility to make their homes fire-safe. Here are some ways to get started.
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A new study shows that both of California's fire seasons are getting more destructive as the planet warms.
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Here are a few things you might not have known about wildfires in California. Some are interesting, some are disturbing. A couple may make you worry.
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To answer questions about the future of wildfire, scientists from UC Davis, UC Irvine, and UCLA, the US Forest Service, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory teamed up
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You may get some cool images, but you're making firefighting efforts harder.
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Tough restrictions in the park reflect the severity of the drought and the threat of forest fires.
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Remember this trick for concocting the perfect campfire: make it as tall as it is wide.
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Because of the drought, 2015 could be the worst fire season on record.
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The destruction of the Da Vinci Apartments in downtown L.A. struck a chord with a public that has an increasingly vested interest in the architectural future of the city.
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The California Legislature passed tons of new environmental laws in 2014, with many of them going into effect on January 1. The area of land use regulations is no exception. We've compiled some of the most important new land use laws here.
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