Southern California forests are shrinking from wildfire and drought, study finds

Tree cover across California has declined sharply over the last half century, but nowhere faster than in the state’s southern mountains
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Joshua Emerson Smith
The San Diego Tribune

Tree cover across California has declined sharply over the last half century, but nowhere faster than in the state’s southern mountains.

The Department of Earth System Science acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Acjachemen and Tongva peoples, who still hold strong cultural, spiritual and physical ties to this region.