Wildfire is a natural part of our ecology, but the unnatural level of catastrophic wildfires in California is a major concern due to exclusion of fire from landscapes for almost a century, compounded by hotter temperatures and less healthy forests because of climate change.
Restoring health to forests and shrub chaparral in California involves proactive measures by CalFire to respond to fires efficiently, create fuel breaks, reduce vegetation density, and reintroduce prescribed fires, with a target of a million acres of projects by 2025 supported by $3 billion funding from the government.
Forests need to be transformed from a carbon source to a carbon sink to combat climate change. Landscapes, plants, soils, and oceans play a vital role in the carbon cycle, and shifting lands to become carbon sinks is crucial globally.
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