Klamath Tribes climate offsets

The Klamath Tribes worked in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service to selectively log and conduct prescribed burning on portions of forest before the Bootleg Fire came through in 2021.

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The Klamath tribes worked in collaboration with the Forest Service, to thin and conduct prescribed burns in this area months before the Bootleg Fire swept through, resulting in less fuel for the fire.
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Tim Sexton, fire program manager for the Klamath Tribes, walks through a section of woods that mostly survived the 2021 Bootleg Fire, June 30, 2023. “We're pretty proud of that," Sexton said. "And we're intending to do much more of that kind of work in the future because we're concerned about our treaty rights on those lands, that are subject to high-intensity fire.“
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