Hugh Safford Content

Burning Question: How to Save an Old-Growth Forest in Tahoe

Katherine E Kerlin — March 03, 2025 - 9:02am

On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Giant ponderosa pines — some of the last remaining in the area — share space with at least 13 other tree species.

Reforms Needed to Expand Prescribed Burns

Katherine E Kerlin — November 15, 2023 - 9:15am

A �ٺ��Ƶ paper pinpoints obstacles and suggests strategies for getting more prescribed fire on the ground in the wildfire-prone U.S. West.

Unprecedented Levels of High-Severity Fire Burn in Sierra Nevada Forests

Katherine E Kerlin — January 20, 2023 - 9:45am

High-severity wildfire is occurring at unprecedented rates in Sierra Nevada forests compared to before 1850, finds �ٺ��Ƶ study.

California’s 2020 Wildfire Season

Katherine E Kerlin — May 04, 2022 - 9:00am

A �ٺ��Ƶ study summarizing the 2020 California wildfire year said just over 9,900 wildfires burned 4.3 million acres in 2020. That's twice the previous record but only average compared to burn rates before Euro-American settlement. Fire severity is the far greater concern.