WILDFIRES ARE becoming more ferocious, damaging and expansive in the West. California just weathered its worst two years ever in terms of total acres burned. And conditions are no better this year, with the Golden State experiencing its driest winter on record.
“On a national scale, there’s no ‘fire season’ anymore. It’s all year-round,” said Janet Franklin, distinguished professor and bio-geographer in University of California Riverside’s Department of Botany and Plant Sciences.
California’s conifer forests are becoming drier
