University of California-Davis: Dead Trees Fuel Wildfire Severity in Sierra Nevada
January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
DAVIS, California, Jan. 14 (TNSJou) -- The University of California Davis issued the following news:
California's drought of 2012-2016 killed millions of trees in the Sierra Nevada -- mostly by way of a bark beetle epidemic -- leaving a forest canopy full of dry needles. A study published from the University of California, Davis, and the U.S. Forest Service helps answer concerns about what effect dense, dead foliage could have on subsequent wildfires and their burn severity.
California's drought of 2012-2016 killed millions of trees in the Sierra Nevada -- mostly by way of a bark beetle epidemic -- leaving a forest canopy full of dry needles. A study published from the University of California, Davis, and the U.S. Forest Service helps answer concerns about what effect dense, dead foliage could have on subsequent wildfires and their burn severity.