Yurok Indigenous knowledge in the Klamath area of California combines with forest ecology to build a better picture of long-term human-led fire management and why these mountains ate now at risk for fires.

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Indigenous knowledge reveals history of fire-prone California forest

A collaboration between scientists and Native American tribes finds tree density in parts of the Klamath Mountains is at a record high, and at risk of serious wildfires.