Fire Management Exercise

Fire Management Exercise
Part 1: View the KCET Tending the Wild segment “Cultural Burning: How Native American Peoples Use Fire to Rejuvenate the Land” https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-the-wild/episodes/cultural-burning and then answer the following questions:
According to the “Tending the Wild” segment, why did early Californian’s burn ecosystems? (1pt)
According to the “Tending the Wild” segment, what motivated fire suppression and what are some of the consequences of fire suppression? (1pt)
Part 2: View the video of the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve (SRPER) and then answer the following questions:
What is the main reason that prescribed fire is used as a management tool at the Santa Rosa Plateau? (1)
What are some of the similarities between the explanations for cultural burns and how and why the SRPER uses prescribed burns? (1)

Part 3: Putting it all together (5pts)
The perspective of wilderness that shaped early conservation efforts in the United States during the 19th and 20th century was one of a landscape without any human influences. Part of this perspective also painted Indigenous people as people who lived freely on the bounty of the wilderness and played no part in nature (Anderson 2005). The romanticized view of wilderness has greatly impacted land management, as it ignored the influence that humans have on ecosystems.
Contrary to this perspective, many Indigenous cultures have a more spiritual connection with the land as they view themselves as having a reciprocal relationship with the land. This was touched on in the “Tending the wild” segment and is nicely captured in the quote by Chief Si’ahl of the Duwamish Tribe in 1854 “Man did not weave the web of life – he is merely a strand in it. What ever he does to the web, he does to himself.”
Within restoration, one of the attributes of a successfully restored ecosystem is that it “is sufficiently resilient to endure the normal periodic stress events in the local environment that serve to maintain the integrity of the ecosystem.” The role that humans play in this resilience is still unclear for this criteria.
For this last part please write 1-2 paragraphs that explore the role humans should play in the long-term resilience of a restored ecosystem. Touch on the following points in your response:
In class thus far we have seen examples within restoration and land management of these different perspectives of human’s role in wilderness and nature. Compare and Contrast an example of each. (2pt)
Given the various funding options that promote restoration, when is it critical to include humans as part of the ecosystem for maintaining the ecosystem’s long-term resilience? (1pt)
Fire Management Exercise
Part 1: View the KCET Tending the Wild segment “Cultural Burning: How Native American Peoples Use Fire to Rejuvenate the Land” https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-the-wild/episodes/cultural-burning and then answer the following questions:
According to the “Tending the Wild” segment, why did early Californian’s burn ecosystems? (1pt)
According to the “Tending the Wild” segment, what motivated fire suppression and what are some of the consequences of fire suppression? (1pt)
Part 2: View the video of the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve (SRPER) and then answer the following questions:
What is the main reason that prescribed fire is used as a management tool at the Santa Rosa Plateau? (1)
What are some of the similarities between the explanations for cultural burns and how and why the SRPER uses prescribed burns? (1)

Part 3: Putting it all together (5pts)
The perspective of wilderness that shaped early conservation efforts in the United States during the 19th and 20th century was one of a landscape without any human influences. Part of this perspective also painted Indigenous people as people who lived freely on the bounty of the wilderness and played no part in nature (Anderson 2005). The romanticized view of wilderness has greatly impacted land management, as it ignored the influence that humans have on ecosystems.
Contrary to this perspective, many Indigenous cultures have a more spiritual connection with the land as they view themselves as having a reciprocal relationship with the land. This was touched on in the “Tending the wild” segment and is nicely captured in the quote by Chief Si’ahl of the Duwamish Tribe in 1854 “Man did not weave the web of life – he is merely a strand in it. What ever he does to the web, he does to himself.”
Within restoration, one of the attributes of a successfully restored ecosystem is that it “is sufficiently resilient to endure the normal periodic stress events in the local environment that serve to maintain the integrity of the ecosystem.” The role that humans play in this resilience is still unclear for this criteria.
For this last part please write 1-2 paragraphs that explore the role humans should play in the long-term resilience of a restored ecosystem. Touch on the following points in your response:
In class thus far we have seen examples within restoration and land management of these different perspectives of human’s role in wilderness and nature. Compare and Contrast an example of each. (2pt)
Given the various funding options that promote restoration, when is it critical to include humans as part of the ecosystem for maintaining the ecosystem’s long-term resilience? (1pt)

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