Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
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Gearing Up for the Next Wildfire
Steve Windhager knows a thing or two about wildfires. In a previous life, the director of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden worked as a fire ecologist, managing controlled burns and restoring prairies across his native Texas. In his office hang photos of Windhager and his old team, drip torches in hand, carefully igniting a field of invasive grass to make way for native plants…