Open AccessFire as Medicine: Learning from Native American Fire Stewardship
Author(s) -
Jane Palmer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo155977
Subject(s) - stewardship (theology) , native american , environmental science , history , political science , ethnology , law , politics
For centuries, Indigenous peoples have worked to live in harmony with fire. Can integrating such cultural practices into contemporary wildfire management help prevent catastrophic wildfires?