22 Feb In a dramatic spike, 36.3 million trees died in California last year. Drought, disease blamed

Roughly 36.3 million dead trees were counted across California in 2022, a dramatic increase from previous years that experts are blaming on drought, insects and disease, according to a report by the U.S. Forest Service.

The same survey for 2021 counted 9.5 million dead trees in the state, but the effects of last year’s dramatic die-off are more severe and spread across a wider range, according to the report released Tuesday.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-07/the-number-of-trees-that-died-in-california-spiked-last-year-drought-is-mainly-to-blame