California’s Forests Are Burning Faster Than They Can Grow | Los Angeles News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Los Angeles News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews California’s forests are burning faster than they can recover, with climate change and decades of fire suppression leaving ecosystems in crisis. Millions of acres are damaged, and reforestation efforts are crippled by shortages in seeds, staff, and funding—especially on federal lands, which make up half the state’s forests. Current seed banks hold only a fraction of what’s needed, and without tripling capacity, California risks losing half its forest cover by 2071. Replanting is slow and expensive, requiring years of preparation from seed collection to sapling growth. Though a new state strategy aims to coordinate efforts and adopt smarter planting methods, it lacks funding and faces an enormous gap between urgency and action. The stakes are high: water, air, and wildlife depend on these forests—and without a massive, coordinated push, California’s forests may vanish into scrubland. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f9759bf3d6943cac