Column: Climate change means California can’t save every burned town
The same unprecedented drying of California’s climate that has pushed the Colorado River and Lake Mead to the brink of depletion, forcing Angelenos to conserve water in a bid to stave off further disaster, has helped create the perfect conditions for massive wildfires in our forests. …With every wildfire that happens in the Sierra, vegetation burns, weakening slopes and sending sediment into streams and rivers and, eventually, reservoirs, affecting water quality. Greenville, we should note, is near the top of a watershed that’s used by some 25 million people, including in thirsty Southern California.
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