Opinion: After the Carr Fire, I Sought To Understand Catastrophic Wildfires. I Learned the Solution is Supporting Indigenous Stewardship and #LandBack
After the Carr Fire ravaged Shasta County, Elena Nim dove headlong into investigating the cause of catastrophic wildfires, learning how they are inextricably tied to the forced removal and genocide of local Indigenous peoples, whose traditional practices had long maintained the health of forests. California’s wildfire crisis can’t be solved, Nim writes, without changes to how we all relate to the land.