Listening to Fire Knowledges in and around the Okanagan Valley ...
By Judith Burr, with Mathieu Bourbonnais, Amy Cardinal Christiansen, John Davies, Jeff Eustache, Don Gayton, Joe Gilchrist, Dave Gill, Sonja Leverkus, David Lind, Wendy Pope, Gord Pratt, Karis Shearer, Daryl Spencer, Sharon Thesen, Nancy Turner, and Kelsey Winter The Okanagan Valley of the southern...
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BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly
2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/bcs.no220.198357 https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/198357 |
| Summary: | By Judith Burr, with Mathieu Bourbonnais, Amy Cardinal Christiansen, John Davies, Jeff Eustache, Don Gayton, Joe Gilchrist, Dave Gill, Sonja Leverkus, David Lind, Wendy Pope, Gord Pratt, Karis Shearer, Daryl Spencer, Sharon Thesen, Nancy Turner, and Kelsey Winter The Okanagan Valley of the southern interior of British Columbia has been shaped by fire for millennia: by cultural burning by First Nations communities, by lightning fires, and by patterns of settler-colonial burning and fire suppression. In the wake of large and severe wildfire seasons and predictions of worsening wildfires fueled by climate change, there are calls for both interdisciplinary problem-solving among fire experts and for more public engagement to transform how we live with fire in British Columbia. Understanding the history of fire in this place can contribute to better fire use, management, and response that accounts for human and more-than-human ecological health and recognizes multiple forms of important fire expertise. This ... : BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly, No. 220: Winter 2023/24 ... |
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