Salo/California Forest Observatory Case Study 

The increasing frequency, intensity, and destruction of wildfires has augured a new chapter in our history – the “Age of the Megafire” – with the state of California as a key witness to the deadly impacts. In the span of a few years, record-breaking wildfires have swept through the state causing billions of dollars in property damages, destroying thousands of homes and structures, killing hundreds of people, and decimating precious forests.

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