![Forests sit below Tahquitz Peak in Southern California’s San Jacinto mountain range.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TahquitzSanJacintoForest_lvwj_2021-2-768x432-1.jpg)
California’s Trees are Dying, and Might Not Be Coming Back
Landsat has shown that wildfires and climbing temperatures have caused a 6.7 percent decline in California tree cover since 1985.
Landsat has shown that wildfires and climbing temperatures have caused a 6.7 percent decline in California tree cover since 1985.