Jesse Miller

Jesse E. D. Miller has worked as a botanist and ecologist throughout California and the Pacific Northwest. He received a Ph.D. in plant ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and he currently teaches ecology at Stanford and studies fire ecology as a research associate at UC Davis. For more information about his research, you can visit his website or find him on Twitter.

Why Are There So Many Fires, and Other Common California Wildfire Questions

September 29, 2021 • by Jesse Miller and Sara Winsemius

Wildfires have become larger, more frequent, more severe, and more destructive to human life and property in many ecosystems in California in recent decades. If you’ve lived in California for a while, it might feel like this has suddenly become … Read more