Fire, drought changing the landscape in Sonoma Valley, California
4/7/2022 11:09:11 PM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Sonoma County, CA
Start Date: 4/6/2022
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Sonoma Valley is changing to a more arid climate, which could lead to a landscape more like that of a savanna more than a forest, according to a professor at the UC Berkeley’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. There is no longer enough sustained moisture to allow oaks and other large trees that burned to regrow. The rainy season starts one month later now than it did in the 1960s, per one study.
Sonoma Index-Tribune (Calif.), April 6, 2022
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