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  • The California Indigenous Peoples Using Fire for Agroforestry

    Jane Braxton Little

    October 16, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Karuk and Yoruk tribes use prescribed burning to keep land healthy and encourage the growth of traditional foods and medicines. New resources and partnerships are helping to bring back small-scale fires and revive important cultural practices.

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  • Fighting Fire with Fire: California Turns to Prescribed Burning

    Jane Braxton Little

    September 05, 2018 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: United States, Shaver Lake, California

    In California’s wildfire-prone Sierras, forest managers are turning to an ancient, if not quite intuitive, tool: more fire. In 2019, the Forest Service will manage 250,000 acres with controlled burns and “mechanical thinning,” using equipment to take out small trees. Though such plans face some hurdles, states across the country are adopting them, reducing wildfire severity while often benefiting ecosystems.

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  • Raptors to the Rescue

    Jane Braxton Little

    June 04, 2018 |

    The Revelator |

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    Response Location: United States, Ventura, California

    When told he needed to find a new solution that didn't rely on poisons to protect Ventura County's dirt levees from rodents, dam safety inspector Karl Novak did just that. By installing raptor perches and owl boxes, Novak found that not only was using birds of prey a successful approach to the problem, it was also much more effective than their former system.

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