Message from the Issue Editor

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Publication year: 2020
• Citation: Vol. 2020 No. 2
• Author: Everett L. Green

Message from the Issue Editor

Everett L. Green

Prior to COVID-19, the wildfires that charred and devastated California's landscape served as the state's most pressing disaster.

In 2018, over 7,500 wildfires burned approximately 1.67 million acres, the largest area of burned acreage recorded in a fire season.¹

From mid-July to August 2018, a series of large wildfires erupted in Northern California, including the destructive Carr Fire and the Mendocino Complex Fire, prompting the Governor to declare a national disaster. The Mendocino Complex Fire burned more than 459,000 acres, becoming the largest complex fire in the state's history.

In November 2018, strong winds aggravated conditions in another round of large, destructive fires that occurred across the state, including the Woolsey...