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From sawmills to seedlings, California's victims of wildfires fight to rebuild -ABC News

The town of Greenville in Plumas County is featured in this video report on how Californians are rebuilding and working to restore nature after the devastating impact of catastrophic wildfire on their community, and the challenges they still face. 

 

Sonoma County unveils first-ever proposed well water fees under pioneering California groundwater law -Press Democrat

In a dramatic shift from California’s history of allowing landowners to freely pump and consume water from their own wells, Sonoma County’s rural residents and many others will soon begin paying for the water drawn from beneath their feet.

 

Stanislaus National Forest gets $55.2 million to reduce fuel - Modesto Bee

The Stanislaus National Forest is getting $55.2 million for an unprecedented effort to reduce wildfire fuel. The money will go to selective logging, prescribed burning and other work over three years on sites totaling about 41,000 acres.