Note: many tribes still practice fire management of ecosystems, but many areas that were historically burned regularly (low-level fires that don't kill trees) have been transformed into ecosystems that rarely burn (high-level fires) by many decades of fire prevention.
REFERENCES
- Anderson, Kat M. 2005. Tending the wild: Native American knowledge and the management of California’s natural resources. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
- Francis, James Eric Sr. 2008. Burnt harvest: Penobscot people and fire. Maine History Vol. 44, No. 1, Article 2.
- Karuk Tribe of California, Department of Natural Resources, Eco-Cultural Resources Management Plan.
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