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Lassen Park and Caribou Wilderness Fire Severity – 9/11/2021

July 28, 2022September 13, 2021 by Zeke Lunder

Getting the Wildfire Story Wrong We have been hearing a lot of people express concern about the amount of acreage burned in Lassen Volcanic National Park during the Dixie Fire. Part of this is the fault of sloppy reporting and articles by nationally respected publications that are getting the story wrong. This is common. Our … Read more

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