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Prescribed burn of chaparral at the Hopland Center. Such burns lessen the impact of wildfires. Photo by Evett KilmartinTwo-thirds of the more than 5,000 acre Hopland Research and Extension Center was scorched in the River Fire last week. Reporter Sarah Reith of KZYX in Mendocino County ventured into a pasture with the center's community educator Hannah Bird on Saturday. The ground was black, but a lot of the oak trees were only lightly singed. Bird described why she thinks the fire wasn't as destructive as it could have been. Hopland Research Center in Mendocino Uses Fire as Learning Experience
Prescribed burn of chaparral at the Hopland Center. Such burns lessen the impact of wildfires. Photo by Evett KilmartinTwo-thirds of the more than 5,000 acre Hopland Research and Extension Center was scorched in the River Fire last week. Reporter Sarah Reith of KZYX in Mendocino County ventured into a pasture with the center's community educator Hannah Bird on Saturday. The ground was black, but a lot of the oak trees were only lightly singed. Bird described why she thinks the fire wasn't as destructive as it could have been. 