Creek Fire

This mountain community is known for its apple farm and for being home to many of Fresno's radio and TV stations.

California's Creek Fire was contained on Dec. 24, 2020, after destroying nearly 400,000 acres and hundreds of homes in the Sierra Nevada.

In September 2020, soldiers with the California Army National Guard rescued hundreds of people who had been trapped near a Sierra Nevada lake by the Creek Fire. This past weekend, the helicopter crews who conducted those rescues were reunited with the survivors and honored during a Fresno State football game.

Referred to by some as “green glaciers, many meadows in the Sierra Nevada have been overgrown, burned, or degraded by industry. But they serve important functions in forests. And a key to restoring them, say experts, is to think like rodents.

A community is coming to terms with how to rebuild homes or start over elsewhere.

On this week’s Valley Edition: How the supply chain breakdown is impacting the region’s biggest industry, agriculture. Listen to this interview and more.

On this week’s Valley Edition: How the supply chain breakdown is impacting the region’s biggest industry, agriculture. Listen to this interview and more.

On the part of the community of Rock Haven that received forest thinning treatments, the Creek Fire lost enough intensity to spare mature trees and historic homes.

We're very excited to announce that we have shared another adaptation of this series with Science Friday, the national radio show produced by WNYC…

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