Why controlled burns don’t always effectively prevent wildfires in SoCal

Fire agencies, politicians, and tribal governments tout prescribed burns as an effective fire mitigation strategy. California needs to use every tool it has amid what’s shaping up to be the largest fire season in state history. But it’s different in Southern California’s chaparral and grasslands than in northern forests. Some residents and fire ecologists say prescribed burns here will do more harm than good.

Host Steve Chiotakis connects you to the people and places of Southern California.