Communities are embracing ‘controlled burns’ to protect themselves

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Communities are embracing ‘controlled burns’ to protect themselves


The past few years have led to record wildfires across the U.S. Decades of suppressing fires has led to overgrown forests, and a warming climate has increased their intensity and frequency. Christopher Booker reports from California on community-led efforts to preemptively set controlled fires, reducing the risk from large out-of-control fires while also restoring the ecological health of the forest.

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