I think we're seeing more awareness that the situation due to a number of factors: climate change, yes, but overzealous fire suppression and public policy too.

I think we're seeing more awareness that the situation due to a number of factors: climate change, yes, but overzealous fire suppression and public policy too. Yet when the topic turns to historical California, I'm surprised there isn't more acknowledgement of just how much of the California ecosystem has changed in the last couple hundred years, making comparisons not quite as apt. Invasive grasses, as just one example, have completely changed the landscape.