Cultural Burning
Cultural burning roundtable members are working towards expanding knowledge and the practice of cultural burning in the interior Southwest. The reincorporation of the traditional use of fire on the land can foster reconnection for Tribes to their lands and genuinely apply the “best available science” to guide management. Among other things, roundtable members have given presentations at events, convened sessions at conferences, and are working to coordinate workshops and webinars.
A product of the SWFireCAP Cultural Burning Roundtable
In the Cultural Burning Annotated Bibliography, the authors provide an in-depth “review of the available literature on known Indigenous and traditional uses of fire in the Southwest,” including published, unpublished and personal communications. They highlight work supporting natural and human caused fires.
Meet the Cultural Burning Roundtable Members
Alicia Azpeleta Tarancon
Northern Arizona University
Annie Elko
Southwest Fire Science Consortium
Ariel Léger
Collaborative Conservation and Adaptation Strategy Toolbox, University of Arizona
Althea Walker
Climate Science Alliance
Anissa McKenna
Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Barbara Satink Wolfson
University of California Cooperative Extension
Beth Rose Middleton
University of California Davis, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Carolyn Enquist
Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Corinne Diggins
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Southwest Region
Conception Flores
USDA Forest Service Office of Sustainability & Climate
Jonathan Long
USDA Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station
Katerina Pihera-Ridge
Scion - New Zeland Crown Research Institute
Lauren Kramer
USDA Southwest Climate Hub
Mary Jane Andreas
Climate Science Alliance
Melinda Adams
University of California, Davis
Molly McCormick
Southwest Fire Science Consortium
Nick Laluk
University of California, Berkeley
Nikki Cooley
Institute of Tribal Environmental Professionals
Nina Fontana
Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Rachel Loehman
U.S. Geological Survey
Sara Souther
Northern Arizona University
For more information about the SWFireCAP Cultural Burning Roundtable and to learn how to get involved, contact SWFireCAP Coordinator, Sarah LeRoy at swfirecap@gmail.com