Lassen Volcanic Park recovery from Dixie Fire

 

Though there was lots of damage and destruction of the forests, The Guardian reports that Lassen Volcanic Park is recovering from the effects of the Dixie Fire in August 2021.

‘There’s still beauty’: a national park bounces back after California’s biggest single fire

"The blaze, California’s largest ever single fire, burned almost 70% of Lassen. A third of the burn area saw the sort of high-severity fire that kills most trees and bakes the nutrients from topsoil.

However, there is evidence of resilience among the devastation – sprouts emerging from the scorched soil and the black and green mosaic of the mountains. The recovering ecosystem in this off-the-beaten path national park serves as a reminder of the threats to the US’s wild places and offers lessons about how to protect public lands in an era of climate crisis."