Poor post-fire recovery compounds wildfire disasters
#00236
After fire, poorly targeted logging, planting and reconstruction can worsen erosion, water damage, biodiversity loss and future exposure while overlooking natural regeneration and long-term health.
#00254Communities rebuild the same wildfire vulnerability after disaster
Pressure to restore housing quickly leads communities to rebuild in the same indefensible locations with the same materials, access limitations, and infrastructure weaknesses—reproducing the conditions that caused the original disaster.
#00252Burned soils and watersheds face erosion and flooding after wildfire
Loss of vegetation and altered soil conditions can increase runoff, erosion, debris flows, sediment and downstream water-quality impacts after severe wildfire.