Climate experts back up Trump claim on California wildfires

Published January 11, 2020 10:40pm ET



President Trump might be right about land management and California wildfires, according to climate experts.

Scott Stephens, a University of California, Berkeley professor of fire science, said 75% of the damage from the wildfires was because of “the way we manage lands and develop our landscape.” The comments made earlier this week echo what Trump said over a year ago.

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