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California tribe enters first-of-its-kind agreement with the state to practice cultural burns

Tribal Burns

Karuk member Leaf Hillman stands for a portrait above the now-drained Iron Gate Reservoir on the Klamath River on Feb. 27, 2024, in Hornbrook, California.

Northern California’s Karuk Tribe has for more than a century faced significant restrictions on cultural burning � the setting of intentional fires for both ceremonial and practical purposes, such as reducing brush to limit the risk of wildfires.

That changed this week, thanks to legislation championed by the tribe and passed by the state last year that allows federally recognized tribes in California to burn freely once they reach agreements with the California Natural Resources Agency and local air quality officials.





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