There is no one-size-fits-all approach to returning good fire to the land. The unique characteristics and conditions of each ecosystem require tailored, adaptive approaches to be successful. That’s where active stewardship comes in, providing a path for sustainable management and care of land, ecosystems, and natural resources.
The second in a two-part series, a unique StoryMap created by Prescribed Fire Information Coordinator Erika Lutz, Fire Ecologist Brian Peterson, and others on the Fire Forward team offers compelling photography, videography, and interactive maps to demonstrate different adaptive stewardship techniques the team has carried out over the last five years to restore coastal prairies at Martin Griffin Preserve.
Fire Forward, a program of Audubon Canyon Ranch, is building science-based prescribed burn capacity and supporting community development, training, and leadership for cooperative burning. The program is currently using prescribed burns to return fire to the land at Martin Griffin Preserve, a 1,000-acre preserve in West Marin. From conducting the preserve’s first prescribed burn in over 100 years to leveraging emerging fire technology like BurnBot, Inc., Audubon Canyon Ranch and its partners are experimenting with different stewardship techniques to restore coastal grasslands by returning good fire to the land.
“The act of untangling will mean taking notes from the past, noticing what's happening in present, and envisioning the future. From there, we can actively adapt our stewardship to tend the future we want,” writes Lutz & Peterson.
Visit the link below to explore part two of this series: https://lnkd.in/gKjCYV3M.
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5moCongrats! Can't wait to see the expansion!