But does California have the money to keep this up?
Author Archives: Rachel Becker, CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
California can’t replant its forests fast enough to keep up with wildfires
One expert says the crisis is barely known — even though it could reshape half the state’s forests by 2071.
Posted inAgriculture & Fishing
California salmon fishing poised to finally reopen. Can the industry recover?
Three years of cancelled salmon seasons have devastated the industry.
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
Endangered salmon returned to California’s far north — then the money dried up
Tribe officials say the state is ending its support, potentially causing salmon restoration efforts on the McCloud River to die mid-stream.
Posted inCannabis
‘Little death bombs’: Illegal cannabis farms poison California’s forests. Who’s cleaning them up?
Even after legalization, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute California’s public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers.