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California Chaparral Institute
This statewide organization conducts education, research, and advocacy about chaparral, arguably the most distinctive California landscape.
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 ...
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
Coe's Fire Followers
The 2007 Lick Fire was a firestorm that consumed 47,000 acres, most of it in Henry W. Coe State Park, east of Gilroy. Just days after the fire, park volunteers ...
Mariposa lilies in fire plot
Introduction to Fire in California
Wildfire in California
Bishop pine seedling
Burned house
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Layers of fire
California Indians and Their Environment: An Introduction
The Making of a Naturalist's Notebook
Watch artist Jack Laws as he illustrates a page about fire on San Bruno Mountain for the October-December 2009 issue of Bay Nature.
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
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 over time in the Ventana Wilderness
Fire on the Mountain
A year after fire burned through two canyons on San Bruno Mountain, artist Jack Laws visited to see how different fire intensities left their mark on the ...