PG&E’s Mis(tree)tment of Our Forest

The CZU Lightning Fire burned through the Santa Cruz Mountains, causing both human and animal inhabitants to flee their beloved homes and forest.  Friends, families, and fellow community patrons scattered to neighboring cities and states where they frantically scrolled through social media for updates on the fire.  Over the past few months, residents of the San Lorenzo Valley trickled back to the mountains, returning to piles of ash, scorched trees, and the air thick with the scarring smell of fire.  While people grieved for the devastated homes and charred forest, they also celebrated the surviving homes and quick regrowth of vegetation.  With wounds barely healed, mountain members now face a new and unexpected danger.

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