Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve

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One North State ecological reserve is using its nearly 8,000 acre property in the Park Fire burn scar to create a prototype for sustainable wildfire recovery in California.

Landowners, government organizations and local conservation groups are coming together to begin healing and protecting land burned by the Park Fire. They're working against the clock to prepare the land to weather a rainy winter.