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GLT's Grow: Reality Check On Forest Management And Wildfires

Wildfire in California
Noah Berger
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AP
A motorist on Highway 101 watches flames from the Thomas Fire, the largest wildfire on record in California, leap above the roadway north of Ventura, Calif., in 2017.

It will take years for California to recover from this season's wildfires. In this edition of the GLT gardening podcast Grow, Mike McCurdy and Illinois State University Patrick Murphy talk about what role forest management may have played in stoking the flames.

GLT's Grow is your source for gardening advice and down-to-earth tips. Murph and Mike are ready to take on all your gardening questions, so submit yours today.

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