Full Project Title: Co-stewarding fire, fuel treatments, and research to promote Tribal values

Project Identification Number: WCS3

Tribal nations have used fire for thousands of years as a tool to steward the land, and still do today. This new project is designed to:  

• Show how prescriptions for fires and fuelbreaks can meet the needs and goals of tribal nations.  
• Improve processes for working with tribal stewardship experts to conduct prescribed fires and restore fire regimes to landscapes.  
• Understand how conventional forest metrics such as canopy cover, basal area, and other metrics relate to tribal values such as forest food and wildlife habitat qualities.

Successfully implementing the Wildfire Crisis Strategy will involve engaging Indigenous priorities and knowledges, including use of fire to advance cultural objectives in WCS firescapes across the country. The research is taking place in the Klamath Basin priority landscape. 

This project is funded by the 40803 provision of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This research supports the agency's Wildfire Crisis Strategy.