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California Wildfires Have Become Bigger and More Severe – Computer Modeling Predicts that Future Fires Will Be Even Worse

Well-known climate scientist Dr. Leroy Westerling – from U.C. Merced – recently presented at the October meeting of the Amador Calaveras Consensus Group (ACCG) with grim predictions based on the latest fire research data and long-term modeling simulations. This year’s extreme wildfires have been a strong match with Dr. Westerling’s past scientific modeling predictions for […]

Los incendios forestales de California se han vuelto más grandes y más graves: El modelado por computadora predice que los incendios futuros serán aún peores

El científico climático conocido Dr. Leroy Westerling – de U.C. Merced – presentó recientemente en la reunión de octubre del Grupo de Consenso Amador Calaveras (Amador Calaveras Consensus Group – ACCG) con predicciones sombrías basadas en los últimos datos de investigación de incendios y simulaciones de modelado a largo plazo. Los incendios forestales extremos de […]

Setting ‘good fires’ to reduce the West’s wildfire risk

CSERC has been a strong voice in supporting the increased pace and scale of fire managed on our National Forests. We need to increase prescribed fire and cultural burning to public lands in order to mitigate the intensity and size of mega wildfires. Low to moderate severity fires can bring widespread ecological benefits to the […]

Wildfires Collectively Affect The Local Region

WILDFIRES COLLECTIVELY AFFECT THE LOCAL REGION Some with “good” effects and some causing “heartbreaking” impacts CSERC strongly supports getting low-to-moderate-severity fire back into the forest ecosystem of the central region of the Sierra Nevada. The region’s forests evolved naturally with fire. When agencies do carefully managed prescribed burns or they allow well-managed low-intensity wildfires to […]

Las columnas de humo tóxico se extienden por todo el mundo

A medida que grandes incendios forestales se extienden por todo el Oeste, las columnas de humo a menudo se elevan en lo alto de la atmósfera, enviando aire tóxico lejos del origen del incendio. Al mirar por la ventana, es posible que todavía puede ver la manta gruesa de humo que ha cubierto California desde […]

Toxic Smoke Plumes Spread Across the World

As large wildfires spread across the West, smoke plumes often rise high into the atmosphere, sending toxic air far from the fire’s origin. As you look out your window you may still be seeing the thick blanket of smoke that has covered California from coastal cities to the Sierra Nevada; but the smoke doesn’t stop […]

Incendios forestales afectan colectivamente a la región local

INCENDIOS FORESTALES AFECTAN COLECTIVEMENTE A LA REGIÓN Algunos con efectos “buenos” y otros que causan impactos “desgarradores” CSERC apoya firmemente devolviendo el fuego de gravedad baja a moderada al ecosistema forestal de la región central de la Sierra Nevada. Los bosques de la región evolucionaron naturalmente con el fuego. Cuando las agencias gestionan cuidadosamente las […]

CSERC Welcomes New Environmental Associate, Caitlyn Rich

The Sierra Nevada has always been home to me, as I was born and raised here. Growing up here I was introduced to the outdoors at a very young age. Since I can remember, my dad would take me out into the forest on what I would at times refer to as “death marches”. As […]

CSERC da la bienvenida a la nueva Asociada Ambiental, Caitlyn Rich

La Sierra Nevada siempre ha sido mi hogar, ya que nací y crecí aquí. Creciendo aquí me presentó al aire libre a una edad muy temprana. Como recuerdo, mi padre me llevaría al bosque en lo que a veces me referiría como “marchas de la muerte”. Como biólogo de la vida silvestre estaba muy familiarizado […]

What turned California forests into a tinderbox? Fire suppression, paradoxically

Valerie Trouet — THE GUARDIAN – US EDITION It’s time to embrace ‘good fires’ and end the misguided policy of total suppression of all wildfires ‘We have a lot to learn from indigenous people, who have centuries of “good fire” expertise.’ Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Mon 14 Sep 2020 12.50 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 15 […]