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Capitol Public Radio
https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/08/10/could-a-phone-app-help-prevent-california-wildfires/
Ezra David Romero
August 11, 2020
Matteo Garbeletto, a University of California Cooperative Extension forest pathology specialist based at UC Berkeley, has developed a tool to tell if a tree is healthy. He named the app "Evalutree," and hopes the app will help PG&E track and trim, or remove, unhealthy trees. Some of California's largest wildfires in recent history have been caused when trees or branches fell on power lines.