The Karuk’s Innate Relationship with Fire: Adapting to Climate Change on the Klamath
Members of the Karuk Tribe in northern California maintain that the age-old tradition of prescribed burning holds the answer to climate adaptation planning in the Klamath River range.
References:
- Anderson, M. Kat, and Frank K. Lake, 2013: California Indian ethnomycology and associated forest management. Journal of Ethnobiology, 33(1):33–85, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-33.1.33.
Story Credit:
<p>Aja Conrad, Miakah Nix, and Kathy Lynn, Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project/University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program</p>
Banner Image Credit:
<p>A 2011 controlled burn in a tan oak gathering area creates defensible space below a nearby home while increasing the quality of the acorns by interrupting the life cycle of the acorn weevil. Image: Mid Klamath Watershed Council. Used with permission</p>
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23 April 2024 - 9:53am
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