jdaldern.bsky.social
I co-founded and co-lead the Sierra-Sequoia Burn Cooperative, a partnership of four California Native American Tribes and other landowners, fire practitioners, and researchers, collaborating to re-build a working fire culture in the southern Sierra Nevada.
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Heās also the namesake of Kearney, Nebraska, where they not only add an e to his name but they also pronounce it kar-nee. š¤·
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I read it from a link in this LinkedIn post. Maybe it was a gift link? www.linkedin.com/posts/sethsc...
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Hereās the letter. I would imagine most of these groups have a lot of Republican members so maybe this will have some effect.
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I like the video and his blog on the TU website except for the manifest-destiny talk about the anvil of our character as we made our way west. But, hey, coalitions formed to act together on one issue donāt have to stay in place forever and for all issues.
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I just checked X and TU has very much come out against it, with a video from their ED: x.com/troutunlimit...
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Yeah, and I get the impression that not a lot of duck habitat is involved here. Maybe TU will chime in, though, and the quail, turkey, elk, and deer hunters?
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And then has a housing tract built on it, probably called āWilderness Gardens.ā
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Definitely. The Wilderness Societyās blurb adds that the measure ālacks safeguards to ensure land is used for (housing).
In places, it might create the worst āsolutionā for checkerboard management: auction off the federal lands.
Donāt forget Mineral King: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2009-...
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Otoh, there are housing developers in Fresno who have been itching to get their hands on the Sierra National Forest for years.
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Daaang
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By fire-management infrastructure, I mean fire stations, forest work centers, training facilities, etc.
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@culturalfire.bsky.social, @michaelwara.bsky.social
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Yes, this is a lesson I learned from people whose hair is long enough to cover the designs on the back of a t-shirt. And Iād say if your beard is long enough to cover a design on the front of your shirt, you should seriously consider a trim.
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Itās what you do after the burn that matters. Donāt just walk away and say youāre done.
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And economic development, partnerships, stewardship of forest and other landsā¦ The list goes on.
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Yes, youāll find lots of good information by googling terms like tribal land management and ecocultural restoration.
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Indeed, Tribes use fire on bison ranges today to reduce encroaching conifers and encourage growth of native grasses.
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Years ago I had some great chili rellenos, seasoned with soy sauce, in Calexico. Thereās a big Chinese community in Mexicali. www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/...
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Correction: state *and* tribal natural resource agencies, particularly non-game wildlife conservation
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Works for a lot of other species, too.
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You canāt understand the wildfire problem in California without also understanding the Native American genocide and extirpation that occurred in two stages: first, the Spanish, then the Americans.