A Possible Way To Help Bay Area Forests Recover After Wildfires? Introduce Mushrooms
Forest fires play a crucial role in natural life cycles — it's just that human activity is exacerbating that rhythm. In order to give Mother Nature a leg up after the flames cease, Santa Cruz researchers are using oyster mushrooms to help break down the ash from previous wildfires.
Technically speaking, we're not even in wildfire season yet; that's not going to happen until the beginning of June. But the Bay Area is already seeing Red Flag Warnings, brush fires, and other signs of an impending wildfire season that could rival last year's historically destructive one.