Tag Archives: TEK

How ignoring Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) set modern ornithology back a hundred years

This is a re-post from my other blog, The Cottonwood Post, which is focused on birds, birding, and environmental issues. Here I review a new book about the history of American ornithology — and all the stuff the early colonizers … Continue reading

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An ancient Karuk story about wildfire management in California

With the rapid increase in deadly mega-fires in California, federal and state governments are turning to indigenous people for solutions. The US Forest Service is now working with the Karuk Tribe to implement prescribed burns to manage the land. Much has … Continue reading

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