Indigenous Science Archives – Pepperwood

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Grist Features Pepperwood: Learning How to Garden a Forest

on August 17, 2023

“An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.” This article by Kristina Rizga, is…

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Cross-continental Conservation Connections

on May 15, 2023

Linking Science and Action Networks from Chile to California: a Model for Global Collaboration

Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, conservation science, Drought, Extreme Events, Fire Mitigation, Fire Resilience, Flood, Indigenous Science, Leadership, Research, Science, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Wildfire

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Native Advisory Council Making Great Strides Advancing Indigenous Leadership

on November 15, 2022

In addition to the reintroduction of cultural burning, the Native Advisory Council (NAC or the Council) at Pepperwood continues to bring an Indigenous perspective to many aspects of Pepperwood’s…

Announcement, Community, Indigenous Education, Indigenous Science, Leadership, Native Advisory Council, The News Room

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VLOG: Meet the People Who Brought Cultural Burning Back to Pepperwood

on November 1, 2022

Clint McKay’s people have known this land since time immemorial. The Wappo People have been tending the place we now call Pepperwood with intentional fire known as cultural burning…

Biodiversity, Blog, Indigenous Science, Intentional Fire, Native Advisory Council, Stewardship, Wildfire

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Pepperwood Documentary Wins “Best Feature Documentary”

on September 7, 2022

Ian Nelson’s Award-winning Documentary… Pepperwood: Rising From the Ashes, a documentary film by Coriolis Films produced by Ian A. Nelson, recently won…

Climate Change, Conservation, Indigenous Science, Intentional Fire, Science, Stewardship, The News Room, Tubbs Fire, Wildfire

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Building Community Around Good Fire

on June 24, 2022

Clint McKay (Pepperwood’s Indigenous Education Coordinator, the Chair of Pepperwood’s Native Advisory Council, and cultural burn coordinator for…

Blog, Community, Fire Mitigation, Indigenous Science, Intentional Fire, Native Advisory Council, Preserve Management, Research, Stewardship

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First Cultural Burn at Pepperwood in Over 200 Years

on March 14, 2022

At Pepperwood, we believe that California Native communities must be active partners in the re-integration of Native lifeways and TEK into the life and landscapes of Northern California, and…

Biodiversity, Community, Indigenous Education, Indigenous Science, Native Advisory Council, Preserve Management, The News Room, Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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Pepperwood Pre-European Contact

on November 18, 2021

What did Pepperwood look like before European contact? Pre-European contact, Wappo villages were widely distributed in Napa, Sonoma, and Lake Counties. Wappo…

Blog, Community, Indigenous Education, Indigenous Science, Native Advisory Council, Preserve Management, Stewardship, Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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Recipe for Resilience

on October 26, 2021

Forest Thinning for Forest Health – with Preserve Manager, Michael Gillogly Our mixed hardwood and oak woodlands and forests are threatened from…

Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Change, Community, Indigenous Science, Preserve Management, Stewardship, Volunteer

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Fostering Stewardship the Land Recognizes

on October 11, 2021

By stephanie beard, Communications Coordinator Adapted from an Interview with Michael Gillogly (Preserve Manager) and Clint McKay (Indigenous Education Coordinator) Michael Gillogly has dedicated…

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