Here's what Tahoe has learned from 36 years of prescribed burns

Tahoe in the News

Here’s what Tahoe has learned from 36 years of prescribed burns

Julie Brown, SF Gate

October 1, 2020

I’m standing in a stretch of woods. The trunks of towering trees are charred black and some of the lowest hanging pine needles are singed a burnt orange. Light streams through an open canopy. A sapling of cedar hardly bigger than the palm of my hand has just started to poke its head above a thin layer of pine needles.

This stretch of forest has obviously seen fire recently, but instead of destruction, I see growth and regeneration. The forest just feels healthier, spacious.

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