Field notes: Life in the Eldorado National Forest after wildfire strikes

Oct 05, 2024

Charred trees punctuated the Eldorado National Forest like blackened skeletons of their former selves, victims of the Mosquito Fire. Two years earlier, in 2022, the Mosquito Fire started in Tahoe National Forest, moved north to the Eldorado and torched a total of 76,788 acres, making it California's largest wildfire in 2022.