Carpinteria salt marsh still recovering from impacts of Thomas Fire, debris flows
Large woody debris, sediment and other material washed into the wetland from the fire-scarred foothills above Carpinteria during a powerful storm on Jan. 9, 2018. Materials poured from Santa Monica and Franklin creeks into the marsh. The Thomas Fire burned more than 28,000 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, and the inferno was followed three weeks later by the flash flooding and debris flows.
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