Gavin Newsom can’t clear brush, but funds ‘cultural burns’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has allocated millions of dollars to a program that funds Native American “food sovereignty,” owl counting and “cultural burns,” in which tribal groups use traditional fire techniques to clear brush from the landscape and preserve their “close kinship” with plants, animals and “other natural relatives.” Since 2023, the California Department of...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has allocated millions of dollars to a program that funds Native American “food sovereignty,” owl counting and “cultural burns,” in which tribal groups use traditional fire techniques to clear brush from the landscape and preserve their “close kinship” with plants, animals and “other natural relatives.” Since 2023, the California Department of...
