New research validates CAL FIRE's prescribed burn strategy, highlighting its positive impact on reducing wildfire risk, improving forest health, and potentially lowering insurance costs for homeowners in mountain areas. The study shows that controlled burns not only mitigate fire spread but also enhance forest productivity, helping trees store more carbon and contributing to California's carbon neutrality goals.
This is a task CAL FIRE has been doing for a while now and now this research suggests the agency has been on the right path. Tonight we hear from fire experts on how this research is giving fire officials a push to keep going, and how this may help with insurance costs, which we all know has been hurting homeowners in the mountain areas.
Trees are the lungs of California's mountain communities, and with more than 33 million acres o forest across the state, protecting them is crucial."If there is like a lightning strike or some sort of fire that happens in an area, it would be able to be a lot easier to slow it down and stop it before it reaches the community," said Nick Kent, a Forester for CAL FIRE. A study from UC Berkeley released in November shows these burns not only reduce wildfire risk, but they also help grow stronger over time.One of their more recent burns was in the Yokuts Valley "Behind me here is a burn unit that we did a few weeks ago that basically the goal is to, in a fuel model like this we would want to minimize any combustible material up underneath the trees without killing the trees," said Jeremy Llooyd, a Relief/Fuel Battalion Chief for the Fresno/Kings unit."The key is just keeping your flame length slow, burning at the right time, burning slowly, and just having all your contingencies in place so that, you know, you're not gonna get an escape," said Nick Kent, a Forester for CAL FIRE. According to the study, the repeated use of controlled fire may boost a forest’s productivity, helping trees store more carbon and helping the state achieve its goal of net-zero carbon pollution by 2045.There, researchers found that while untouched control areas stored the most carbon, repeated prescribed burns significantly boosted long-term productivity, eventually offsetting the carbon released by the fires themselves. With the Creek fire and the Garnet fire burning over 430-thousand acres in the past 5 years...Leaving a graveyard of trees, Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig says the region is still recovering. "So when you have these large, intense fires that burn more than just the understory, it burns the crown of trees and completely decimates landscapes. It even kills the bacteria in the soil. We need to avoid those types of fires. I was very encouraged by the report, which really pointed to managing areas around population bases."Back when the Native Americans did a lot of burning, they had a lot of expertise, and then with the fire suppression era, a lot of that expertise was lost even by, you know, the firefighters," said Nick Kent, a Forester for CAL FIRE.It reduces pollution, and it lowers insurance rates because you're reducing the risk of communities burning to the ground. "And I'm hopeful that the legislature and the governor will engage this next legislative cycle to do more in our forests," said Nathan Magsig, Fresno County Supervisor. The study also highlights some downsides to prescribed burns, including the labor it takes to produce one, and the carbon dioxide it releases.Personal assistant to Rock legend Freddie Mercury to be featured at Daphne eventGov. Kay Ivey announced that Alabama families can now access information about the CHOOSE Act's family application portal on the program’s updated website. TheA woman allegedly called 911 after slitting her boyfriend's throat on Thanksgiving, then told the operator, "Today is my Independence Day."Ron Carpenter is a professional truck driver who travels through Mobile on his frequent route between South Carolina and Texas.He says he follows the rules andA Palm Beach County science teacher allegedly used a shared Google document to communicate with an underaged student before their relationship escalated.
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