Fire and Drought

Tribal communities are responding to fire and drought through fuels reduction, wildfire prevention planning and education, emergency response and relief, and by strengthening their cultural fire practices to support healthy ecosystems.

Staff

Ella Kohler

Program Officer, California Tribal Fund

Sac and Fox Nation Tribe of Oklahoma

Donald “Squiggie” Salcedo

Lead Program Officer, California Tribal Fund

Quechan Nation/Pueblo of Laguna

Rebecca Tortes

Director, California Tribal Fund

Cahuilla, Payómkawichum, and Assiniboine Sioux

Impact Stories

The Modoc Nation Swings for the Fences to Create Safe Passage for Migratory Deer

In the far northeast corner of California, in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties, there was quite a mess to clean up. More than 150 years of intensive grazing on this drought-stricken part of the Modoc Natio...