Drought killing California's trees
10/19/2022 4:23:22 PM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Alameda County, CA
Alpine County, CA
Amador County, CA
Butte County, CA
Calaveras County, CA
Colusa County, CA
Contra Costa County, CA
Del Norte County, CA
El Dorado County, CA
Glenn County, CA
Humboldt County, CA
Imperial County, CA
Inyo County, CA
Lake County, CA
Lassen County, CA
Los Angeles County, CA
Madera County, CA
Marin County, CA
Mariposa County, CA
Mendocino County, CA
Modoc County, CA
Mono County, CA
Monterey County, CA
Napa County, CA
Nevada County, CA
Orange County, CA
Pauma and Yuima, CA
Placer County, CA
Plumas County, CA
Riverside County, CA
San Benito County, CA
San Bernardino County, CA
San Diego County, CA
San Francisco County, CA
San Luis Obispo County, CA
San Mateo County, CA
Santa Barbara County, CA
Santa Clara County, CA
Santa Cruz County, CA
Shasta County, CA
Sierra County, CA
Siskiyou County, CA
Sonoma County, CA
Tehama County, CA
Trinity County, CA
Tulare County, CA
Tuolumne County, CA
Ventura County, CA
Yuba County, CA
Start Date: 1/1/2022
- End Date: 10/19/2022
Many trees in California’s forests were turning rust colored as another year of drought and bark beetles or other insects led to higher tree mortality. Trees were stressed from inadequate water and could not produce enough sap or pitch to defend themselves against insects. The 2021-22 winter was relatively warm and dry and allowed the bark beetles to continue reproducing and attacking the trees. A mass tree die-off occurred in 2016 when an estimated 62 million trees died.
FOX 40 (Sacramento, Calif.), Oct 19, 2022
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