TSCN#110 Paid: Controlled Burns

A Clarion Call for a Return to Regenerative Land Practices

UC Davis Professor Beth Rose Middleton Manning, students and community leaders take part in a cultural burn at the Tending and Gathering Garden in Woodland, California in January 2020. (Alysha Beck, UC Davis)

The devastation wrought by the SmokeHouse Creek Fire across 1.1 million acres of Texas is not merely a testament to fire’s fury but also a stark reminder of the dissonance between contemporary land management practices and those that nurture our planet. In the heart of this calamity, Breeauna Sagdal, a seasoned researcher and writer with the I Am Texas Slim Foundation, crafts a compelling narrative that beckons us towards a path of ecological and societal restoration. Her insightful analysis, rooted in nearly a decade of policy-based journalism, invites us to reconsider the relationship we have forged with the land under our stewardship.