PARENT SESSION
Oral Session #50: Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
Presiding: J. Ford
Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC.

Restoring the cultural landscape: tribes, agencies, universities, and NGOs working together for environmental management.

VERGUN, JUDITH^*,1, LAKE, FRANK¹, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

ABSTRACT- Traditional Ecological Knowledge and western sciences can be integrated to help define the reference cultural landscape and set a course for achieving future restoration and conservation objectives. Indigenous people have inhabited the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion for thousands of years. Management practices of indigenous people varied spatially and temporally across the landscape affecting ecological communities. Indigenous people used fire as a ubiquitous tool for many reasons. Plant communities, wildlife populations, hydrology, and aquatic communities were modified by the presence of Indigenous burning. Present day co-management efforts to restore and conserve biodiversity of the region must consider the implications of indigenous management practices at the landscape level.

KEY WORDS: indigenous people, traditional ecological knowledge, co-management, klamath-siskiyou bioregion