It's the grass that makes CA a tinderbox more than anything else by a longshot. It grows big during the winter, then all of it dies or goes dormant during the summer. One match or spark cascades bigtime.
Grass fires need to happen, but of some of the large forest fires completely fucked certain areas, essentially permanently changing the biome. There are several places that were oak forests not too long ago that are now dense with small non-oak brush 10 years after burning.
It's the grass that makes CA a tinderbox more than anything else by a longshot. It grows big during the winter, then all of it dies or goes dormant during the summer. One match or spark cascades bigtime.
Grass fires need to happen, but of some of the large forest fires completely fucked certain areas, essentially permanently changing the biome. There are several places that were oak forests not too long ago that are now dense with small non-oak brush 10 years after burning.
I've been saying for years we need to just unleash thousands of goats in this state and then we can have year round goat hunting.