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Diablo Firesafe Council
DFSC’s role in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties is to serve as a catalyst for bringing together people, agencies and the means to substantially reduce the ...
Alameda whipsnake
Las Trampas Wilderness
Firescaping
Firescaping Cover
Ocean View Summit Hike
Join docent David Auerbach on one of our most diverse hikes—by mountain streams, oak woodlands, chaparral and redwoods. You’ll discuss forests, flowers and ...
Forged by Fire
We know that wildfire is a key part of the ecology of the Bay Area and has played a major role in shaping our landscapes. Yet it's simply not possible to let ...
Lupines with Santa Lucias behind
Poppies in front of Pico Blanco
Lupine beneath burned trees
Introduction to Fire in California
Wildfire in California
Bishop pine seedling
Burned house
Bishop pine on fire
Layers of fire
The Bright Side of Fire
Hot days and a dry year mean major fire danger in the Bay Area. But many plants are adapted to fire, and some even need it to reproduce. Even so, there's a lot ...
Fire Ecology Resources
The Vision Fire and Bishop Pines
Letter from the Publisher
Penetrating the Chaparral
Though it's the most extensive natural habitat in California, chaparral's brambly ways discourage human visitors. Still, plenty of wildlife finds sanctuary in ...
Out of the Flames
On October 3, 1995, a wildfire erupted on Mount Vision at Point Reyes National Seashore. Before the flames were extinguished a week later, 12,000 acres of this ...
A Landscape Renewed by Fire
Getting Burned
Fire on the Ridge
Fire over time in the Ventana Wilderness
KQED Quest Radio: California Ablaze
KQED Quest Radio's report on California wildfires asks the question, "Are we prepared to deal with fire seasons to come?"