Wildfire Danger, Housing Needs Collide on Urban Fringe
- Josh Stephens
- Nov 8, 2020
- 9 min read
Since 2000, California had been averaging just over 750,000 acres burned per year, with a strong upward trend due to increasing heat and decreasing precipitation that scientists attribute in large part to anthropogenic climate change. Across the state, communities that used to face six or eight days of “fire weather” now face eight or ten, with increases of 3-4 days annually projected for 2035 and beyond.