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On Controlling Fire, New Lessons from a Deep Indigenous Past (e360.yale.edu)
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For centuries, the Native people of North America used controlled burns to manage the continent's forests. In an e360 interview, ecologist Loris Daniels talks about the long history of Indigenous burning and why the practice must be restored to protect against catastrophic fires.

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