Indigenous peoples, such as the Pueblos of the Southwest U.S., have been living in fire-prone environments throughout history. Rather than suppress fire, indigenous peoples learned to use fire sustainably and live with the natural processes of fire. Today, researchers are looking into indigenous practices related to fire and how they can be adapted to help with the increasing occurrences of wildfire today. A recent article in Eos talks about how this is happening in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico.
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