Forest Research and Outreach

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How wildfire can create healthier forests

August 23rd, 2021
Reposted from the Berkeley News See all Berkeley Voices episodes. Berkeley News writer Kara Manke discusses a new UC Berkeley report that shows how allowing lightning fires to burn in Yosemite's Illilouette Creek Basin recreated a lost and more resilient forest ecosystem.
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How wildfire restored a Yosemite watershed

August 10th, 2021
Reposted from Berkeley News For nearly half a century, lightning-sparked blazes in Yosemite's Illilouette Creek Basin have rippled across the landscape closely monitored, but largely unchecked.
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