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Southern California has struggled to chop back forest in the name of wildfire prevention, according to a Union-Tribune analysis. The Biden administration now plans to dole out $10 million to ramp up such efforts across the region.
Drought-tolerant native plants “hang onto their moisture even in the face of flames,” according to landscape contractor and designer Greg Rubin, who spoke at a recent webinar on native landscaping.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection last updated its fire hazard severity zone maps in 2007, well before recent record-breaking megafires swept across California.