Guest Commentary | Crafting Santa Cruz County environmental solutions
"Forest and grass fires are natural processes of forest and grassland ecology, worldwide," write Michael Lewis and Jean Brocklebank in a Guest Commentary. "River and stream flooding is a natural function of watersheds and flood plains. Forests, grasslands and watersheds have evolved with these essential natural events over millennia. It is only when and where humans mismanage natural ecosystems and build houses, towns and business in forests and on flood plains that these natural events are described as natural 'disasters.' "
Source: santacruzsentinel.com