For the first time in recorded history, wildfires breached the peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains this year – terrain long considered to be well equipped to fend off encroaching fires. To learn more about the significance of this milestone, Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke to Crystal Kolden, a pyrogeographer and assistant professor at U.C. Merced.
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