Host: Robert Keane, Editor of Fire Ecology and Retired Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, USA
Guest: Les Hall, Mountain Maidu Tribe and Scott Stephens and Alexis Bernal, University of California, Berkeley
Authors: Scott L. Stephens, Les Hall, Connor W. Stephens, Alexis A. Bernal & Brandon M. Collins
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with co-authors Scott Stephens, Alexis Bernal, and Les Hall about a study that used multiple lines of evidence to reconstruct Indigenous fire use in a mixed conifer forest in the northern Sierra Nevada. Their work included summarizing oral traditions by the Mountain Maidu, quantifying current and historical forest structure, and characterizing fire effects in an area impacted by the 2021 Dixie Fire.
Special thanks to our guests for their participation, to Bob Keane for hosting this podcast series, and to Madeline Scheintaub for volunteering her time to edit the audio recordings.
