So Christina is first going to talk about the issues that we're facing in terms of forestry in California, and then I'll bounce off that with some possible indigenous solutions that may be super applicable to today. So, as we all know, droughts and forest fires are a big issue in California, especially in recent years as climate change is ramping up. But another big issue is beetle bark infestations
I used to live in the mountains near Southern California, and so I've seen the destruction of bark beetles. I've seen the raining ash days of toxic air quality. I never knew that the bark beetles were attracted to the large fires. And it does make sense that the larger the fire on all accounts, the worse the overall effects on the land would be from fire deforestation and also or deforestation as a result of lack of forest via fire, I should say