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Firing Forests to Save Them: Could Native American Traditions Protect Land and Lives?

Firing Forests to Save Them: Could Native American Traditions Protect Land and Lives?

Update: 2018-10-19
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One way to avoid deadly fires in the West is trusting controlled burns, as Native Americans have long done. Indians aren’t allowed to follow cultural practices of caring for the land. Now we see how that affects everyone in the age of climate change.
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Firing Forests to Save Them: Could Native American Traditions Protect Land and Lives?

Firing Forests to Save Them: Could Native American Traditions Protect Land and Lives?

Northern California Public Media