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How do cultural ancestral fires help with climate change preparedness? CCPC-2026
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TOPIC SPOTLIGHT · TRIBAL & INDIGENOUS PREPAREDNESS
Cultural fire returns to the policy table.
A practice older than California. A new state law. One conversation that bridges them.
THE LAW
On January 1, 2025, SB 310 (Dodd) took effect. The law recognizes federally recognized tribes' inherent authority to conduct cultural burns on ancestral lands through sovereign-to-sovereign
agreements with the California Natural Resources Agency — without state-issued burn permits. The first implementing agreement was signed with the Karuk Tribe in early 2025.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE
CAL FIRE has appointed its first Deputy Director for Tribal Affairs. AB 642 (2021) established a statutory Cultural Burning Liaison at CAL FIRE. California's 2022 Strategic Plan for
Expanding the Use of Beneficial Fire names cultural burning alongside prescribed burns as a core pillar of the state's 400,000-acre-per-year target. Peer-reviewed research in PNAS,
Fire Ecology, and Ecological Applications documents that Indigenous fire stewardship reduces fuel loads, supports biodiversity, and sustains watershed flows.
AT CCPC 2026
CCPC 2026 brings tribal practitioners, federal and state agency staff, and researchers into one conversation about how cultural fire fits into preparedness, mitigation, and post-fire
recovery. May 20–22 in Las Vegas.
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