Eucalyptus is perhaps the most iconic and most controversial plant in California. My latest, about the fight over what to do with it, which often feels like a proxy war about climate adaptation in a state on the brink.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/16/california-eucalyptus-trees-environment-comic …
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I interviewed the HCN and an EBRP fire control official during the brawl over getting FEMA funds for Euc eradication -- there was less distance between them than I thought.
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The HCN fully acknowledged Eucs were a fire hazard -- just argued it was better to manage it with fire breaks, pruning low branches, raking out bark litter to eliminate fuel loads, etc.
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From the fire scientists I spoke with and reports I read, there's generally more concern about the overall fuel load and long-range spotting from the eucalyptus than the risk of crowning in particular. It would be interesting if they got a prescribed burn program going again.
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And to do that, they have to get past the NIMBYs. (Sigh.)
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