Kiliii Yuyan Photographer

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Two halves of a forest separated by a fire line near Orleans, CA in September. The charred side is from a recent indigenous prescribed burn by the Yurok community. The burn demonstrates the open nature of the forest after a burn, the reduction of fuels, and the sequestration of carbon in the charcoal on the ground. In high-intensity wildfires, the trees die and the majority of the carbon in their wood is released into the atmosphere.

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