Chaparral Wisdom
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Tag: cultural burning
Government to Mom – Clear Those Damn Azaleas!
The Stupidity of Zone Zeroand Other Feckless Fire Commandments in California One would think that after increasing losses of life and property from wildfire every decade, California would reconsider its forest-centric, clearance-of-habitat approach to fire risk reduction. Instead, the state is doubling down on… Continue Reading “Government to Mom – Clear Those Damn Azaleas!”
New Study Finds Increase in California Forest Fires Over the Past Half-century is Attributable to Human-caused Climate Change
Drying landscapes = More landscapes burnPast fire suppression activitiesor lack of “cultural burning” are not a factor Four new observations should change the current narrative about wildfires. Will these new facts change the wildfire narrative? In the short run, we are doubtful. Why?
We’re getting ‘Indigenous’ controlled burning all wrong
In Pursuit of Logic: Part I of V The call by non-Indigenous people to incorporate a romanticized, stereotyped version of Native American fire use is a thinly veiled attempt to appropriate Native culture for the same reason colonial powers have done so in the… Continue Reading “We’re getting ‘Indigenous’ controlled burning all wrong”