Northeast BC Prescribed Fire Planning in an Eco-cultural Pyric Herbivory Context
12 May 2025
Project Title: Northeast BC Prescribed Fire Planning in an Eco-cultural Pyric Herbivory Context
Recipient: Shifting Mosaics Corporation
Region: Northeast
Theme(s): “A burn a day can help keep wildfire away”
Awarded Amount: $50,000
Project period: 2025
Description: This project aims to mobilize traditional and local ecological knowledge with western fire science to reignite the cultural and historical practice of applying fire to the land in a good way. The collaborative project team includes Treaty 8 Nations, local stakeholders, scientists, and wildland fire specialists. The main objective of this project is to build and implement up to four prescribed fire burn plans together in Northeast BC where grazing and browsing animals exist.