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Host Dave Schlom is joined by Producer Matt Fidler as Blue Dot returns to Lassen Volcanic National Park one year after the massive Dixie Fire.
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NSPR's Alec Stutson spoke with Taletha Washburn, executive director of Plumas Charter School, about their efforts to recover and rebuild over the last year.
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Plumas Charter School is on the road to recovery after the Dixie Fire destroyed its school in Greenville last August. Also, a recent report indicates smoke from prescribed burns likely doesn’t pose as many health risks as smoke from wildfires, and California lawmakers are using their last week in session to address the state’s housing crisis.
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Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey led the criminal investigation into the Dixie Fire and said the drone caused firefighters to have to cease their air attack.
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It's been about a year since the Dixie Fire devastated Plumas County's Indian Valley. As NSPR's Jamie Jiang reports, some fire survivors there are already working on supporting the next fire survivor community.
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Recovery is coming slower than expected for many in the Dixie Fire burn scar. NSPR’s Jamie Jiang was in Plumas County on the day of that year mark. She spoke with a longtime resident working to rebuild.
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A year after the Dixie Fire, survivors are working to aid victims of another devastating blaze. Also, the city of Chico’s Pallet shelter site has served about 175 people since its opening, and the McKinney Fire has burned more than 60,000 acres and was 60% contained.
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Officials say about a quarter of the buildings destroyed in the Carr Fire that were located in unincorporated areas of Shasta County have been rebuilt. Also, an exhibit of the Dixie Fire Stories Project is featured in Quincy, and federal health officials are considering breaking single doses of the monkeypox vaccine into smaller doses to stretch the current supply.
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A Plumas County author shares her experience writing a poetry collection about the Dixie Fire. Also, Butte County’s air quality has improved over time despite recent wildfires, and the California Department of Education plans to recruit 10,000 new mental health clinicians to public schools.
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Plumas County author Margaret Elysia Garcia began writing her poetry collection “Burn Scars” while waiting at traffic stops driving from her mother's house into Greenville. After the Dixie Fire devastated the community one year ago today, what had been a 20-minute drive to get supplies in town became 45 minutes.