In Fire Scorched California, Town Aims To Buy The Highest At-Risk Properties



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The Camp Fire destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in Paradise, Calif.

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Dan Efseaff is spearheading an effort to buy high risk wildfire properties and turn them into a green space to buffer against future wildfires.

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Stumps from recently logged trees in the footprint of the deadly Camp Fire. Some 40,000 trees have now been removed around Paradise.

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Eager to see their old family land «turned into something beautiful,» Helene and Paul Baker were among the first to sell property to the local parks department.

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Eager to see their old family land «turned into something beautiful,» Helene and Paul Baker were among the first to sell property to the local parks department.

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«We were happy with the idea that my folks’ old property could be turned into something beautiful rather than just somebody building another house,» Helene says.

The Bakers were among the first sellers to take part in the program. Town officials are hoping more might follow them once more PG&E settlement money starts coming in for fire survivors, and if or when the federal government gets serious about funding prevention work like this.



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