10X Heat Series: A Growing Movement to Improve Wildfire Resilience
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As our summers become hotter and longer, droughts become more likely, foliage dies at a faster rate, and the likelihood of personal exposure to a wildfire inevitably increases. According to...
show moreAfter five record-setting fire seasons in a row ending in 2022, Californians are having to become adept at planning for the personal and environmental fallouts of this natural disaster. Based on data from First Street Foundation, 71% of all properties in the state are now at some risk of being impacted by a wildfire in the next 30 years. However, this preparedness has been made more difficult following the exit of two major private property insurers, State Farm and Allstate in the last year.
Not wanting to lose more property insurers or homeowners, the state legislature is considering new fire practice policies to ideally reduce the strength and reach of these annual fires. This has resulted in the creation of a new state certified prescribed fire burn boss program and continued talks with state Indigenous leaders about better ways to cultivate the land for wildfire season.
In this episode, Ten Across founder Duke Reiter explores this developing collaboration between state agencies and cultural burn practitioners to create more defensible land from wildfire, with North Fork Mono Tribe Chairman Ron Goode and LA Times environmental reporter Alex Wigglesworth.
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