California's Dixie Fire shows impact of legacy effects, prescribed burns

ScienceDaily
Jun 30, 2022, 8:00 pm110 pts
The 2021 Dixie Fire burned over nearly 1 million acres in California and cost $637 million to suppress, making it the largest and most expensive wildfire to contain in state history. Fire history largely determined how severely the wildfire burned, and low-severity fire treatments had the largest impact on…

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