Fighting Fire With Fire: Using Cultural Burning Practices

(Visit: www.uctv.tv/) Ron Goode, Tribal Chairman of the North Fork Mono Tribe, led UC Davis professor, Beth Rose Middleton Manning's, students through a cultural burn. Students participated in preparing the land and igniting the fire, and contributed to a historic indigenous tradition. Cultural burning practices empower Native American communities, and could possibly be used as a tool to help alleviate devastating wildfires. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Show ID: 34098]

[@marykwart9331]

Wow--haven't seen Ron Goode since the 90's when he had a class in Oakhurst. I live in Oregon now and the town here does prescribed burning in the watershed after thinning. A big history of fire up here, too. We need more TEK integrated into land management decisions everywhere. I worked in Yosemite and in the North Fork area for awhile and know how important fire is for the basket plants.

[@erikkaye1114]

I'm sharing this on FB, is astonishing so few have watched this

[@jacquicleijne9525]

I’m from Australia 🇦🇺 and the fires here are horrendous. Indigenous people have been trying to access country for years to do their cool burns, and other methods to reduce fuel load, but are not allowed access to to any areas, therefore lots of fire fuel has built up causing these fires. A combination of bad land management due to red tape, and climate change is the reason for these fires that have wiped out millions of hectares and killed over 1 billion animals. It’s heartbreaking 💔😢🐨

[@notthatguy4703]

There can be only a few massive wildfires left before they are desperate for a solution. They will come around

[@arefeshghi]

Interesting!