Pre-contact Indigenous fire stewardship: a research framework and application to a Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest
Year of Publication
2024
Publication Type
Fire is a key disturbance process that shapes the structure and function of montane temperate rainforest in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). Recent research is revealing more frequent historical fire activity in the western central Cascades than expected by conventional theory. Indigenous peoples have lived in the PNW for millennia.