July 28, 2020

EP 24: Bringing Fire Back to the Karuk Tribe

54 minutes

Bill Tripp is a Karuk Tribal Member and Interim Director of the Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources. He began learning how to work with fire from the age of four from his Grandmother. His work to restore fire into the hands of Karuk People through an integrated Traditional Ecological Knowledge and western science framework has been instrumental in shaping state and federal policy changes in regards to prescribed fire.

Show Notes

Topics Discussed:

Ecological Importance of Cultural Burns

History of Cultural Burns in the U.S. and Globally

Importance of Fire to the Karuk Tribe

Follow Bill Tripp:

Twitter - @CulturalFire

#endowactionnow

Instagram - @Breaking_Green_Ceilings

Facebook - @breaking green ceilings

Twitter - @ sapnamulki

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