Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Umatilla tribal leader passes the drip torch to future generations learning about prescribed fire
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Umatilla tribal leader passes the drip torch to future generations learning about prescribed fire
Before colonization, many Northwestern tribes used fire to replenish lands. Those fires burned grasses and underbrush, adding nutrients to the soil and helping plants germinate. Raymond Huesties of the Umatilla tribe is sharing this knowledge of prescribed fire with younger generations.
View all episodes
By Oregon Public BroadcastingBefore colonization, many Northwestern tribes used fire to replenish lands. Those fires burned grasses and underbrush, adding nutrients to the soil and helping plants germinate. Raymond Huesties of the Umatilla tribe is sharing this knowledge of prescribed fire with younger generations.