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Embracing ‘controlled burns’ to protect wildfire-prone areas

Embracing ‘controlled burns’ to protect wildfire-prone areas

Aired 03/27/2022

PBS News Hour

Embracing ‘controlled burns’ to protect wildfire-prone areas

Clip: 3/27/2022 | 10m 9sVideo has Closed Captions

Embracing ‘controlled burns’ to protect wildfire-prone areas

The past few years have led to record wildfires across the U.S. Decades of suppressing fires has led to overgrown forests, and a warming climate has increased intensity and frequency. Christopher Booker reports from California on community-led efforts to preemptively set controlled fires, reducing the risk from large out-of-control fires while also restoring the ecological health of the forest.

Aired 03/27/2022

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