chaparral
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“To restore the natural fire frequency and chaparral habitats,” it states, “Topanga State Park should be left to burn within reasonable public safety limits and outside of fire exclusion zones.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025
Villanueva also said that L.A. has chaparral that goes 15 to 25 feet down into the ground, but that the depth reached by the department’s thermal imaging cameras is only a foot.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
Embers can bury deep in tree roots and chaparral, become covered in heavy ash and continue to smolder until strong winds set them free.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Villanueva downplayed the effectiveness of the thermal imaging cameras, noting that some chaparral in the city extends 15 to 25 feet underground, while the depth of the department’s cameras is only a foot.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Like cottontail rabbits and chaparral birds and a baby possum that sulked and lay like dead for the first several hours until he finally decided that Arliss wasn’t going to hurt him.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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