Tribe: Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
View Source Document: A Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu
Year: 2019
Topic: Revitalize and maintain Anishinaabe/ cultural use of ishkode (fire) as a stewardship tool. (View All Topics in the Plan)
Restore ishkode (fire) and miinagaawanzh (blueberry) relations with prescribed burns.
Allow naturally occurring wildfires to burn in fire-adapted ecosystems such as jack pine and in areas without human development or...
Use prescribed burns in marsh habitats to encourage young plant communities.
Identify people (tribes, elders, community members) who have knowledge and stories about fire practices.
Conduct understory burns to clear shooting lanes for hunting.
Use ishkode as a natural disturbance to clean out unhealthy trees and reset the community.
