Take a look at these photos of the crew at work cutting juniper and clearing shrubs to restore grasslands, while maintaining a strategic fuel break adjacent to houses on the Fort Bidwell Indian Reservation. These breaks will maintain a tactical area for more efficient response in the event of a wildfire, and also serve as anchor points for future prescribed fire opportunities.
Today the training focused on Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and included a visit to evaluate an ecocultural prescribed fire research site, established in 2006, northeast of Surprise Valley, CA, in Washoe County, NV. The group observed that Yampah (Perideridia spp.—an important food called “Indian carrot” or “epos” by the local tribal community) is increasing in abundance at the site as a result of restoration efforts, including the removal of juniper and application of cultural fire.