Students with San Jose State University's Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center are looking at how this winter's rain could impact the upcoming wildfire season based on plant moisture levels.
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS -- The powerful atmospheric rivers slamming the Bay Area have dumped a tremendous amount of water to the region, causing our rivers and reservoirs to rise and our hills to turn vibrant green.
"We are going up to our fuel sampling site which is in the Santa Cruz mountains," said San Jose State University graduate research assistant Arreola. Arreola and Buchs are measuring the moisture content in these plants. The more moisture, the harder it will be for them to catch fire. They're especially interested in chemise and manzanita plants which grow abundantly in the Santa Cruz mountains. They take samples of the plants, enough to fill three cans of chemise and one can of manzanita.
Last month, the moisture content in these Santa Cruz mountain plants were more than 90% to over 100%. But Arreola warns it doesn't take long for these plants to dry out quickly.
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