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After Destructive Butte Fire, a Community Heals the Soil and Itself

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Many Californians may barely remember the Butte Fire, which hit the Gold Country foothills last September. But people in Calaveras County do.

“I watched this all happen from my deck,” says farmer and beekeeper Sean Kriletich, who put out spot fires on his land and prepared for evacuation. “I didn't sleep for 10 days. It was an extremely stressful situation, and I didn't even lose anything.”

He stands on that deck now, looking out over forests and vineyards and grazing land, remembering 200-foot-tall flames and plumes of smoke filling this vista.

Hang out with Kriletich for a couple days and you're

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