Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) – Dr. Peter Kolb, Associate Professor of Forest Ecology and Management at the University of Montana’s W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana was on the KGVO Talk Back program this week.
It was his first opportunity to weigh in on the devastating wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California.
He began by contrasting Montana to Southern California.
Dr. Peter Kolb Discussed the California Fires on Talk Back
“People need to realize that Southern California is a totally different fire regime than Montana,” began Dr. Kolb. “That’s a dry Chaparral ecosystem. For comparison, my folks used to live outside of Sacramento. My brother still does, and I helped them plant trees at the same time I planted trees here in Montana, and within five years, their trees were about 30 feet tall, and mine were five feet tall, so vegetation grows phenomenally fast in California.”…