Climate change and fire suppression are among the top reasons why experts say California wildfires have grown so big. But others say removing Indigenous people from the landscape is an overlooked reason behind today’s explosion of fires.
Story by Ezra David Romero.
(Photo: Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires leap above Butts Canyon Road on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, as firefighters work to contain the blaze in unincorporated Lake County, Calif. - Noah Berger / AP Photo)