Apocalyptic vibes and the first magpie swoop of the season. Spring is here. Probably wouldn't have ridden if I knew the smoke would be quite this bad...

#Sydney #commute #prescribedBurn #HazardReduction

This is an extensive look at how "thinning the forest; cleaning up debris on the floor; and burning the debris and ground cover in a controlled way to prevent it from becoming fuel for wildfires" can limit #wildfire intensity in much of western North America, using a single Canadian community as an example. The photo shows an area which had prescribed burns and ones which did not after an uncontrolled fire came through.

#CanadianWildfires #prescribedburn

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/world/canada/canada-wildfires-kelowna-british-columbia.html?unlocked_article_code=iVJgs-4xL1By_yfXEQEmEaJH4RVEAWv2RqAdkOj8r6kMQhl3fht40q7SWoQaJB4oFn7HaR6HsmHktJr4uU7yOrkl29v5ri0HZ8f8vDfczTkoDQ5i_8BPLquUudyOtxfBheJXmj7gt_7UGVuun8nmkl2JyjikCHge4KCEYMiyVSSKzioTT8HQJMcC6PZPB9OnuRv8u-np5RkqW4dOgiHfq4pjrum-8qNxO-7rgWC3lk8O-ZD_jqDxjRQUD75cSitbioB0CUby3NmFUPacF5_SoCE6lunIejjq8RPtyOIFBsegTdqMl77GTQdIpP43lABJTg_NyaCm9ezdEKiI3yOBYswulNGnLvBAcvdPpfT5gv6nir2gUAoaiQ

Learning how to garden a forest

> For at least 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Indigenous peoples of what is now California benefited from and shaped a landscape that teemed with an incredible array of flora and fauna. As authors Otis Parrish and Kent G. Ligthfoot described in California Indians and Their Environment, their stewardship increased the diversity of plants and wildlife habitats, and it was this abundance that supported one of the most densely populated and culturally diverse areas in the world. Before colonization, about one-third of all Native peoples of what became the United States lived in the Golden State area, where they gardened forests spanning immense landscapes.

#ClimateCrisis #PrescribedBurn
https://grist.org/science/prescribed-burns-land-management-california-forests/

Being Australian is being comforted by passing a (prescribed) fire on the way home. Word on the street is that conditions haven't been great for prescribed burns in NSW so far this season, so it's to see some patches getting done as we get towards the end of winter.

#fire #PrescribedBurn #Sydney

by #DanMcKay in #AlbuquerqueJournal:

"U.S. Forest Service crews are preparing to ignite a prescribed burn that's expected to cover a little over a square mile in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado."

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/forest-service-prepares-for-prescribed-burn-across-new-mexico-colorado-state-lines/article_0f1e6024-0ed2-11ee-a853-a3ac09bf3096.html

#NewMexico #Colorado #PrescribedBurn #USForestService

I attended an amazing symposium today, put on by some of our local tribes. Tons of people came.
The Tribal Fire Council is generously offering to teach the community at large, cultural fire practices, and how we start working as a community to make our communities fire safe, while regenerating cultural plant communities, wild foods for humans and wildlife. It is the most hope I've had for our community in a long, long, time. I've been working on my own native food forest, but often feel like I'm floundering because information is not always easily come by. Information on species utilized is available, but there's a huge gap in knowledge on how to actually care for stands, how to burn, harvest, process, cook, store, etc.
A huge door has just opened. I had no idea how extensive tarweeds like madia were utilized. The seeds are high protein and comparable to almonds in nutritional value. Madia can be made into a high quality oil.
I have a few big stands of madia, but historical stands filled vast meadows. I'm definitely going to start thinking bigger.
Photo: Madia Eleganse northern CA.
#Tarweed
#Madia
#Culturalburning #PrescribedBurn
#FoodForests
#CommunityKnowledge

I took a class on prescribed burns a few years ago and ended up on the instructor's email list. They burn in the Cook County Forest Preserves and he always sends the best pictures. #Chicago #Fire #PrescribedBurn