Pepperwood Preserve sits on the traditional homeland of the Wappo people, who conducted #culturalburns for thousands of years. Today, the goal is to “make the landscape look as it did under Wappo stewardship,” says Devyn Freidel, who manages the preserve. “We need to put fire on the ground.”
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NEWS DIGEST | Indigenous Cultural Burning As wildfires intensify, Indigenous cultural burns offer a path to healthier forests and stronger community stewardship. These small, frequent and seasonally timed fires create resilient mosaics, support biodiversity and help reduce the risk of megafires. Fire guardian programmes across Canada are reviving this knowledge, training youth and restoring cultural relationships with land. Read the full article by @insideclimatenews via the link in the caption 🔗
NEWS DIGEST | Indigenous Cultural Burns
As wildfires intensify, two essential traditions, Cultural and Prescribed burns, offer a powerful path to healthier forests and stronger communities.
Full article by @insideclimatenews.org:
insideclimatenews.org/news/2911202...
#Wildfires #CulturalBurns
Sorrel Leaf Healing Center Awarded $100,000 PG&E Grant for Cultural Land Stewardship and Youth Wellness #PGE #SorrelLeafHealingCenter #HumboldtCounty #YouthWellness #CulturalBurns #BackAcres
“When you burn it lightly in the springtime, the fire consumes the fuels and turns it into nutrients for the plants,” Gilchrist explained.
#CulturalBurns #ClimateCrisis #LandBack
This is also what we mean when we say “cultural burns.” #NottowayPlantation #CulturalBurns
From artist #Weshoyot.
“…Smokey says #LANDBACK.
Native folks continue to be the caretakers. Give the National Parks back to the Indigenous caretakers. Let them practise #culturalburns and land restoration according to thousands of years of knowledge of land relationships and reciprocity.”
#resist 🐻🌲
#CulturalBurns have been enacted for Millenia for a reason.
Time they were Govt policy.
