Managing Wildfire Through Cultural Burning

[RandySF]

Fire has always been part of California's landscape. But long before the vast blazes of recent years, Native American tribes held controlled burns that cleared out underbrush, encouraged new plant growth, and helped manage wildfires. It's a tradition that disappeared with the arrival of Western settlers.

NPR climate correspondent Lauren Sommer explains how tribal leaders are trying to restore the practice by partnering up with state officials who are starting to see cultural burns as a way to help bring extreme wildfires under control.




https://www.npr.org/2020/08/21/904600242/managing-wildfire-through-cultural-burning

[womanofthehills]

1. We have forest control burns here in NM

I actually live one mile from the forest.