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S5 E19: Sorting through the Bear Fire’s destruction five years later with Dave Daley
Sorting Pen: The California Cattleman Podcast
Sorting Pen: The California Cattleman Podcast
S5 E19: Sorting through the Bear Fire’s destruction five years later with Dave Daley
Sep 15, 2025
Season 5
Episode 19
California Cattlemen's Association
It has been fire years to the week since that fire ripped through the Plumas National Forest and destroyed communities, legacies, the Daley family’s cow herd, and tragically ended lives.
Dave Daley, Butte County Rancher and past CCA president, talks with Katie about where we are at on wildfire solutions in California. We also talk about the recovery progress (and lack of) on the land from that burn five years later.
Episode Resources:
- Read Dave's most recent piece on fire "I Still Cry for the Mountains" on our website at https://calcattlemen.org/category/i-cry-for-the-mountains.
- See photos and read Dave's first piece at https://calcattlemen.org/2020/09/23/legacy.
