Life gradually returns a year after fire chars Sierra Nevada


              One year after a wind-fed wildfire charged across a craggy mountainside above Lone Pine, Calif., flashes of new vegetation growth can be seen emerging in this still-charred corner of the Inyo National Forest, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, a hiking, climbing and fishing playground about 350 miles (563 km) southeast of San Francisco. (AP Photo/Michael Blood)
            
              One year after a wind-fed wildfire charged across a craggy mountainside above Lone Pine, Calif., flashes of new vegetation growth can be seen emerging in this still-charred corner of the Inyo National Forest, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. In the era of climate change, academics say the effects on wildfire recovery and forest regeneration can be significant. One 2018 study that looked at nearly 1,500 wildfire sites found that because of hotter and drier climates, fewer forests are returning to their pre-burn tree mix, and in some cases trees did not return at all. (AP Photo/Michael Blood)
            
              One year after a wind-fed wildfire charged across a craggy mountainside above Lone Pine, Calif., flashes of new vegetation growth can be seen emerging in this still-charred corner of the Inyo National Forest on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Green shoots as thin as yarn strands break from the ground below a tree's barren branches. (AP Photo/Michael Blood)
            
              One year after a wind-fed wildfire charged across a craggy mountainside above Lone Pine, Calif., flashes of new vegetation growth can be seen emerging in this still-charred corner of the Inyo National Forest on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, a hiking, climbing and fishing playground about 350 miles (563 km) southeast of San Francisco. (AP Photo/Michael Blood)
            
              One year after a wind-fed wildfire charged across a craggy mountainside above Lone Pine, Calif., flashes of new vegetation growth can be seen emerging in this still-charred corner of the Inyo National Forest on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Tiny clusters of white and purple wildflowers stand out against denuded trees, many stripped of their bark in the fire. (AP Photo/Michael Blood)
            
              One year after a wind-fed wildfire charged across a craggy mountainside above Lone Pine, Calif., flashes of new vegetation growth can be seen emerging in this still-charred corner of the Inyo National Forest on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The tiny, fragile flowers and patches of fresh growth against a stark mountainside and slabs of gray rock were a reminder that wildfire is part of the ecosystem in California, including the eastern Sierra Nevada where the fire took place. (AP Photo/Michael Blood)
Life gradually returns a year after fire chars Sierra Nevada