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Forest Service Grants Delayed for Communities in Flammable Forests
Last summer, Plumas County Fire Safe Council was hoping to hit the ground running. The nonprofit’s members knew exactly what they were working to prevent—the devastation of wildfires is evident all over the landscape of this Sierra Nevada county, tucked between Tahoe and Lassen. In 2021, the Dixie Fire—California’s second-largest wildfire on record—tore through Plumas, destroying three communities and stretching across five counties. This kind of destruction couldn’t be allowed to happen again.
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