Using culturally significant birds to guide the timing of prescribed fires in the Klamath Siskiyou Bioregion

Long, Linda L.; Lake, Frank K.; Stephens, Jaime L.; Alexander, John D.; Ralph, C. John; Wolfe, Jared D.

doi:10.1002/ecs2.4541

Ecosphere

2023

DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4541

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Using culturally significant birds to guide the timing of prescribed fires in the Klamath Siskiyou Bioregion

Linda L. Long

Frank K. Lake

Jaime L. Stephens

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Abstract: Historically, wildfire and tribal burning practices played important roles in shaping ecosystems throughout the Klamath Siskiyou Bioregion of northern California and southern Oregon. Over the past several decades, there has been increased interest in the application of fire for forest management through the

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Evolving wildlife management cultures of governance through Indigenous Knowledges and perspectives

Fisk,

Leong,

Berl

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J Wildl Manag

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Within governance agencies, academia, and communities alike, there are increasing calls to recognize the value and importance of culture within social‐ecological systems and to better implement Indigenous sciences in research, policy, and management. Efforts thus far have raised questions about the best ethical practices to do so. Engaging with plural worldviews and perspectives on their own terms reflects cultural evolutionary processes driving paradigm shifts in 3 fundamental areas of natural resource management: conceptualizations of natural resources and ecosystems, processes of public participation and governance, and relationships with Indigenous Peoples and communities with differing worldviews. We broadly describe evolution toward these paradigm shifts in fish and wildlife management. We then use 3 case studies to illustrate the ongoing cultural evolution of relationships between wildlife management and Indigenous practices within specific historical and social‐ecological contexts and reflect on common barriers to appropriately engaging with Indigenous paradigms and lifeways. Our case studies highlight 3 priorities that can assist the field of wildlife management in achieving the changes necessary to bridge incommensurable worldviews: acknowledging and reconciling historical legacies and their continued power dynamics as part of social‐ecological systems, establishing governance arrangements that move beyond attempts to extract cultural information from communities to integrate Indigenous Knowledges into dominant management paradigms, and engaging in critical reflexivity and reciprocal, accountable relationship building. Implementing these changes will take time and a commitment to processes that may initially feel uncomfortable and unfamiliar but have potential to be transformative. Ethical and culturally appropriate methods to include plural and multivocal perspectives and worldviews on their own terms are needed to transform wildlife management to achieve more effective and just management outcomes for all.

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Evolving wildlife management cultures of governance through Indigenous Knowledges and perspectives

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Climate resilience through ecocultural stewardship

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2024

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The climate crisis has exacerbated many ecological and cultural problems including wildfire and drought vulnerability, biodiversity declines, and social justice and equity. While there are many concepts of social and ecological resilience, the exemplar practices of Indigenous stewardship are recognized in having sustained Indigenous peoples and their countries for millennia and past climate change events. California has been at the crossroads of many of these issues, and the historic and current contributions of Indigenous peoples to addressing these provide an excellent study of ecocultural stewardship and leadership by Indigenous peoples to achieve climate resilience.

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Using culturally significant birds to guide the timing of prescribed fires in the Klamath Siskiyou Bioregion

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Evolving wildlife management cultures of governance through Indigenous Knowledges and perspectives

Evolving wildlife management cultures of governance through Indigenous Knowledges and perspectives

Climate resilience through ecocultural stewardship

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