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  • Amid Devastating California Fire Season, One Small Community Saved Itself. Here's How

    Danielle Venton

    May 12, 2021 |

    KQED |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Rock Haven, California

    After years of debate and education, the residents of the tiny community of Rock Haven, in the Sierra National Forest, found the will and the money to "treat" the forest around their homes: removing dead trees and brush that made the land extremely vulnerable to wildfire. When the massive Creek Fire in 2020 arrived, it wiped out the trees in the part of the property that had gone untreated, but left unscathed the treated land and the cabins on it. The costly preparation made firefighting safer and more effective while slowing the wildfire's spread.

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