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Challenges:
Fire Prevention...

(C) Richard Murphy

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(C) Richard Murohy

...Through Restoration!​

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As the climate warms, there is an ongoing dialog about fire: how to prevent it and control it. While the discussion continues, the Conservancy’s approach to wildland management will always consider the best science and apply ecological principles that do the least amount of damage to native habitat, while also considering impacts to human health and safety. The Conservancy partners with fire agencies on projects to reduce non-native invasive weeds as non-native plants and trees are often more flammable than native plants and trees. 

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You can help protect your home from fire and help enhance local biodiversity by learning about which plants are more fire resistant, adding them to your landscape, and removing non-native fire-prone plants.  

Pathway in Eucalyptus Grove

USGS Restoration ecologist Jon E. Keely has written extensively about chaparral and fire. Keely says, ”Chaparral shrublands have had a long evolutionary history in association with fire (Jon E. Keeley 2007)."

There has been a lot written about the role of non-native invasive plants and their impact on fire in southern California.

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