Good Fire - Current Barriers to the Expansion of Cultural Burning and Prescribed Fire in California and Recommended Solutions

In 2020, over four percent of California burned in wildfire. Over 30 people lost their lives in the fires; experts estimate an additional 3,000 premature deaths may have resulted from wildfire smoke. Property damage is expected to top $10 billion. And greenhouse gas emissions from the fires wiped out all of California’s efforts to curtail such pollution. Local, state, federal, and tribal governments are looking for ways to manage these impacts as climate change makes fire season longer and fire behavior more extreme.