Visitors can now witness the response of this burned forest—one of nature’s least understood and most dynamically changing habitats.
San Vicente Redwoods, a Forest Reborn, Opens After a Century Off-Limits
January 3, 2023 •
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The Nearly Unkillable Eucalyptus Meets Its Match
October 20, 2022 •
Eucalyptus trees on Albany Hill are wasting away from blight. Some people may cheer—but these trees are also home to endangered monarchs.
Logjam: The Supply Chain Problem That’s Keeping California From Preventing Catastrophic Wildfires on Private Land
October 11, 2022 •
Private landowners in California hold a huge amount of forest that’s primed to burn.
In Bay of Life, an Internationally Renowned Media Duo Look to Their Monterey Backyard
October 4, 2022 •
With Bay of Life, Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom wanted to go past Monterey Bay’s natural beauty to explore its past, present and possible futures.
A Case for Retreat in the Age of Fire as Dozens of Wildfires Threaten Homes in the West
September 15, 2022 •
As fire risk rises, is it time to consider managed retreat? Three environmental design and sustainability experts explore the options.
In the Wake of Wildfire, Big Basin Redwoods State Park Partially Reopens to the Public
July 21, 2022 •
Big Basin State Park is not the lush, shady ancient forest it once was. In August 2020, 97 percent of the old-growth forest nestled in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains burned in the devastating CZU Lightning Complex fire. … Read more
A New Satellite Monitors Lightning Strikes and Fog to Map Weather Risks Faster
July 6, 2022 •
Nine of the 20 largest wildfires in California in the last 110 years were started by lightning strikes, including the devastating Lightning Complex fires in August 2020 that burned more than 750,000 acres in and around the Bay Area. Between … Read more
Learn to Burn
March 28, 2022 •
Scientists estimate that California needs to burn one million acres a year to prevent catastrophic wildfires. That’s more than a single agency can
manage, but if you teach one million people to burn one acre each …
The Fastest Population Growth in the West’s Wildland-Urban Interface is in Areas Most Vulnerable to Wildfires
February 9, 2022 •
New research shows that some areas of the wildland-urban interface – the land where development ends and wilderness begins – are at much higher risk of burning than others.
How to Safely Recreate on Burned Land
November 10, 2021 •
With millions of acres burned in the last two years, it’s likely you’ll pass through a burned area.