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destroyed by the Dixie Fire on August 9, 2021 in Greenville, California.The Dixie Fire, which has incinerated nearly 500,000 acres, is the second-largest recorded wildfire in state history and remains only 21 percent contained. The 2023 wildfire season has certainly proved to be a memorable one, raising all manner of questions from how to respond to the health impacts of smoke and heat to how we can improve forestry management.
In a statement, secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said under the leadership of President Biden, the report will chart a “new path forward for the nation on wildland fire mitigation and management”. She added the “big headline” was the report’s recommendation around shifting from reactive to proactive, and she said science-driven technology will play a key role in developing effective solutions.“There are places in California where forests will convert to shrub and grasslands in 10 or 20 years’ time, if we don't intervene at unheard of planning and management speed. Technology can enable speed and scale while improving scientific information.
She added the combination of healthy forest structures that were disrupted when 93% of trees in the west were cut down to build railroads, mines and towns 150 years ago.
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