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Kristina Rizga, Grist

Kristina Rizga, Grist

Kristina Rizga is an American journalist who grew up in Latvia. She lives in Sonoma County and volunteers for organizations working on forest restoration, climate adaptation and wildlife protection.

Two people in firefighting gear watch a group of brush fires in a forest

Learning how to garden a forest

An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the America West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.