Stressed and depressed? Me too. You should check out this open access online Land Back course by the Yellowhead Institute instead of continuing to doomscroll.
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@georgina-preston.bsky.social
Settler living in Kaska Territory - working to improve wildfire co-existence in rural communities. Advocate for Indigenous sovereignty, especially as it pertains to land & water stewardship
Stressed and depressed? Me too. You should check out this open access online Land Back course by the Yellowhead Institute instead of continuing to doomscroll.
learnonline.yellowheadinstitute.org
New paper by Kyle Rodman and colleagues!
"Our results illustrate that restoration treatments [thinning and prescribed fire] can enhance tree-level growth across sites spanning ponderosa pine's climatic niche, even during recent, extreme drought events."
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Indigenous rights-holders must be able to access resources to lead wildfire risk reduction, ecocultural restoration, & climate change adaptation work on their Traditional lands. While they will face the highest consequences if this work doesn't occur, everyone suffers if we can't co-exist with fire.
13.03.2025 17:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This report, as well as my MSc thesis, highlights the challenges that SX and other rural communities in BC face in addressing wildfire risk. They also highlight possible SX solutions! open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/c...
13.03.2025 17:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Proud to share a community report I wrote on my MSc wildfire research for Stswecem'c Xget'tem First Nation. Many Indigenous communities are surrounded by high wildfire risk, but face barriers from settler-colonial govs & economic systems when addressing it.
www.ubctreeringlab.ca/post/me7-tse...