{"id":221241,"date":"2021-07-16T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/?p=221241"},"modified":"2023-07-06T06:51:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T10:51:56","slug":"end-of-california-wildfire-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/end-of-california-wildfire-season","title":{"rendered":"The End Of Wildfire Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><big>T<\/big><\/strong>he place where I picnicked, walked in the woods, and spent my childhood with my family under a canopy of towering trees has been damaged beyond recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Big Basin Redwoods State Park, just miles from where I grew up in California\u2019s Santa Clara County, lost about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/california-parks\/article\/Big-Basin-redwoods-fire-still-burning-california-15995457.php\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">97%<\/a> of its land and all of the park\u2019s infrastructure in a 2020 blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/05\/weather\/greenville-california-dixie-fire\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Dixie Fire is growing in size<\/a>, and has wiped out an entire town, Greenville. It is the largest fire in the state&#8217;s history. Thousands of Californians have been evacuated from their homes, and the fire is threatening Paradise, a town leveled by fire in 2018.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/california-wildfire-relief-fund\/?rf=learn_viewpoints_california_wildfires_callejon\">SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/projects\/california-fire-map\/beckwourth-complex-2021\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">large fire<\/a> is burning in a part of my home state where I spent summers camping. The places where my brothers and I learned to fish for river trout and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lavo\/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">climbed a volcano <\/a>(then got a T-shirt to prove it) are being consumed by flames. And it\u2019s only July.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DC-Redwoods.jpg\" alt=\"Donna Callejon stands with her brothers in front of a giant redwood in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California.\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-221242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DC-Redwoods.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DC-Redwoods-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DC-Redwoods-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DC-Redwoods-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, (min-width: 568px) 80vw, (min-width: 1024px) 33vw\" \/> <small class=\"grid-12 layout_center box_topPaddedHalf text_4i text_fontSizeSmallest\">Donna and her brothers near Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Fast forward a few decades from my childhood, and I now lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/disasters\/?rf=learn_viewpoints_california_wildfires_callejon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disaster response unit of GlobalGiving<\/a>, which has raised more than $100 million to date for community-led recovery in the aftermath of hurricanes, earthquakes, and other crises. More and more, wildfires are on my mind.<\/p>\n<h3>Wildfire season is not predictable anymore<\/h3>\n<p>California\u2019s wildfire season used to last from June to November, and major fires were few and far between. Of the five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/media\/4jandlhh\/top20_acres.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">largest wildfires in California<\/a> history, four were in 2020. The fifth was in 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>The way we\u2019ve changed the climate and expanded our city limits put us in crisis, with no clear beginning, middle, or end.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That crisis is expected to disrupt fire patterns around the world, causing more frequent fires in California and other parts of the western United States over the next 30 years, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/06\/120612144805.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">analysis<\/a> led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re already seeing the predictions come to fruition. From January 1 through July 11, 2020, there were more than 4,200 wildfires in California. For the same period this year, that jumped to an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/stats-events\/#collapse-79864545-bcfe-44f7-9f40-d001fe2971cf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4,900<\/a> fires.<\/p>\n<p>And when a record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2021\/07\/11\/how-bad-is-this-fire-season-in-california-really-going-to-be\/?utm_email=0424B463A4D1C4BCD...%202\/10\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4.3 million<\/a> acres burned across California last year, killing 33 people, roughly 4% of the state\u2019s land was cleared of trees, homes, and life. That\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/california\/fires\/article252148123.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">five times the average<\/a> number of acres burned in the past three decades.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/california-wildfire-relief-fund\/?rf=learn_viewpoints_california_wildfires_callejon\">SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wildfires that ravaged the state last summer and fall left scarred lands that are prone to mudslides, landslides, and flooding. On top of that, California is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/08\/us\/heat-wave-warning-california.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extreme heat waves<\/a>, and more than 94% of the state is experiencing <a href=\"https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/CurrentMap\/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">severe drought<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those conditions put Californians in a precarious position during another destructive fire season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>The same communities that were worst affected last year could be forced to evacuate their homes, or temporary homes, once again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Especially for low-income, rural, Indigenous, and non-white residents, there\u2019s no respite. <\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t help but think about the home where I grew up in Santa Clara. It\u2019s on the market now. My parents paid $28,000 for it in 1962, and today it\u2019s selling for $1.5 million. Already, California grapples with an affordable housing crisis. Wildfires only make it worse. <\/p>\n<p>Low-income Californians and communities of color are <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0248617#pone.0248617.ref025\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most at risk of experiencing long-term housing issues following disasters<\/a>. Now, these communities are most at risk from what the California officials call the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2019\/05\/07\/official-its-no-longer-a-fire-season-were-calling-it-a-fire-year\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fire year<\/a>.\u201d GlobalGiving&#8217;s disaster response team has likewise dispensed with the idea that there\u2019s a finite period for fires in California. <\/p>\n<h3>Responding to unrelenting wildfires<\/h3>\n<p>So, how do we fight a \u201cfire year?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Double down now and invest in organizations that can help address and mitigate the impact of wildfires, community by community. They\u2019re already in California, hard at work, and they know what\u2019s needed and how to deliver the resources that will make a difference\u2014now and in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>Take the North Valley Community Foundation as an example. Based in Chico, their team remains determined in the wake of the destructive 2018 Camp Fire. Through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvcf.org\/buttestrongfund\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Butte Strong Fund<\/a>, the foundation prioritizes flexible grants that strengthen community-based programs ranging from workforce development to housing. <\/p>\n<p>And organizations like <a href=\"https:\/\/nc707.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuestra Comunidad<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puertasabiertasnapa.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Puertas Abiertas<\/a> are working with migrant communities in Sonoma and Napa counties impacted by the 2020 fires. As GlobalGiving partners with them to support predominantly undocumented families, I think about the long summer days I spent as a kid in my grandparents\u2019 cherry and walnut orchard, alongside industrious Mexican farmworkers. They continue to be important contributors to our economy, but their living conditions have not improved dramatically since the 1970s. Drought, fire, and hostile federal policies have marginalized them further. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/california-wildfire-relief-fund\/?rf=learn_viewpoints_california_wildfires_callejon\">SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nuestra Comunidad and Puertas Abiertas are providing rent abatement to help families recover from the latest fires, and they\u2019re conducting outreach and distributing &#8220;go kits&#8221; packed with evacuation essentials to prepare them for the next round of fires.<\/p>\n<p>Both organizations are determined to reach people in their community who fear being \u201ctoo visible\u201d if they ask for help or who need information provided in a language other than English. Nuestra Comunidad has also identified that Black families in Sonoma County are more vulnerable to wildfires and their effects than their white neighbors, and the organization has expanded outreach to that community.<\/p>\n<h3>The new reality\u2014fires and funders<\/h3>\n<p>As the climate crisis shifts the patterns that used to guide our preparation and response to wildfires, it\u2019s clear that philanthropy also needs to shift.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>Donors have to recognize that supporting large relief organizations isn\u2019t the only answer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While their efforts are needed, we must increasingly turn to local experts like <a href=\"https:\/\/nc707.org\/our-team\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alma<\/a>. She is a dynamic first-generation Mexican-American woman and leader at Nuestra Comunidad. Leaders like Alma know their community\u2019s nuances and needs. They clearly see the path to better preparedness and response. We must get behind them and amplify their voices. <\/p>\n<p>GlobalGiving\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/california-wildfire-relief-fund\/?rf=learn_viewpoints_california_wildfires_callejon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Wildfire Relief Fund<\/a> will do that. We will support immediate relief and long-term recovery and preparedness efforts to counter the risk that the climate crisis poses now\u2014and continually\u2014for residents across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that, barring huge changes in lifestyles and public policy, we need to be prepared for a wildfire season that never ends. We need to invest in emerging and community-based organizations and leaders who can move my home state toward a new normal\u2014one where every Californian is ready for worsening wildfires but also one in which each Californian is recognized and assisted when they\u2019re in need. <\/p>\n<p>We owe future generations the opportunity to picnic with their families among the redwoods, experience the Sierra Nevada mountains, and feast on the bounty of the Central Valley\u2019s fields. These places are more than names and landmarks\u2014they&#8217;re home. And it\u2019s up to us to protect them before the beauty of California resides only in our memories.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/california-wildfire-relief-fund\/?rf=learn_viewpoints_california_wildfires_callejon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Protect California&#8217;s future by supporting relief and long-term recovery through GlobalGiving&#8217;s California Wildfire Relief Fund.<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/california-wildfire-relief-fund\/?rf=learn_viewpoints_california_wildfires_callejon\">GIVE NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<small class=\"js-learnProjCaption layout_center box_topPaddedHalf text_fontSizeSmallest\"><span class=\"text_4i js-getProjTitle\">Featured Photo: Firefighters tackle the Blue Ridge Fire in Yorba Linda<\/span> by <a href=\"https:\/\/pictures.reuters.com\/archive\/USA-WILDFIRE-CALIFORNIA-RC2RQJ9VGKSY.html\" class=\"js-getOrg link_subtle text_underline text_4n col_defaultText\" target=\"_blank\">REUTERS\/Ringo Chiu<\/a><\/small>\n<div class='leadpage_donor_exit' style='height: 0; width: 0;'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A never-ending California wildfire season will call on local leaders to respond like never before. 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