Building Fire-Resistant Green Space
Earlier this fall, when the Almeda Fire tore through southern Oregon, the Bear Creek Greenway became a tunnel of flames. As Next City reports, restored native ecosystems “burned at a much lower intensity, making [the fire] less destructive, less dangerous to fight, and slower to spread into adjacent neighborhoods.”
Why This Matters: Because of climate change, fires are becoming bigger and more intense, as this year devastatingly showed.
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