On July 10, KKL-JNF’s marketing department joined a press tour organized by the KKL-JNF Spokespersons Unit to the Upper Galilee. We saw the blackened ground and burnt trees of the Biriya Forest, and smoke still rising from the ground. We spoke with KKL-JNF field professionals as well as civilian volunteers and business owners in order to gain an overall picture of what has been happening in the north since October 8, and especially since Mid-May, with the onset of the warmer, dryer seasons, in order to get a broad, in-depth picture of what is shaping up to be the biggest natural disaster to befall KKL-JNF since its founding over 122 years ago.

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