/ Hugh Safford Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /climate/news/reforms-needed-expand-prescribed-burns A 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis paper pinpoints obstacles and suggests strategies for getting more prescribed fire on the ground in the wildfire-prone U.S. West. November 15, 2023 - 9:15am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/reforms-needed-expand-prescribed-burns /climate/news/unprecedented-levels-high-severity-fire-burn-sierra-nevada-forests High-severity wildfire is occurring at unprecedented rates in Sierra Nevada forests compared to before 1850, finds 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis study. January 20, 2023 - 9:45am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/unprecedented-levels-high-severity-fire-burn-sierra-nevada-forests /climate/news/californias-2020-wildfire-season-numbers A 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis study summarizing the 2020 California wildfire year said just over 9,900 wildfires burned 4.3 million acres in 2020. That's twice the previous record but only average compared to burn rates before Euro-American settlement. Fire severity is the far greater concern. May 04, 2022 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/californias-2020-wildfire-season-numbers