"Facing a surge in wildfires, the U.S. government turned to Native wisdom and advanced archaeology"

In a new article for Resilience.org, reporter Irina Matuzava covers how, with the surge of uncontrolled wildfires across North America, fire management practices are finally changing in the U.S. – shifting from preventing any and all burns to embracing prescribed burns, which had long been practiced by Indigenous communities before the U.S. government banned them. Learn more about how this came to be – and the UMN researchers and community members that have been a part of it – by reading the full article: "Facing a Surge in Wildfires, the U.S. Government Turned to Native Wisdom and Advanced Archaeology."