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Over the last several years, however, the total acreage of almond orchards has begun to decline because of lower prices.

The announcement included a grainy map of affected forests, which did not specify forest names or the amount of impacted acreage in each.

The addition of the new “moderate” and “high” zones led to the total acreage in the fire severity hazard zones increasing by 24%.

Though the item did not name the two monuments, the acreage figure roughly fits the two new ones in California.

So far, inland Northern California and Central California saw roughly fivefold increases in acreage in these zones for local responsibility areas.