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Fire and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Beyond the Lake States

Prescribed Fire for Forest Management Series

Fire and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Beyond the Lake States

April 3, 2024

Dr. Serra J. Hoagland, CWB, Acting National Program Lead Tribal Research, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, and Vern Northrup, Retired Fire Operations Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Artist, and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Elder, discussed Fire and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Beyond the Lake States.

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PRESENTERS

Serra J. Hoagland (Pueblo of Laguna), Ph.D.

CWB, Acting National Program Lead Tribal Research, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service

Dr. Serra Hoagland (Laguna Pueblo) serves as the Tribal Relations Specialist for the USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station of the Forest Service. She focuses on building partnerships with tribes and intertribal organizations, mentoring students in natural resources, and conducting research that is relevant to Native communities. In 2020, Dr. Hoagland was selected as the most promising scientist by the American Indian Science & Engineering Society. Over the years, she has been actively involved with the Society of American Foresters, the Intertribal Timber Council, the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society as well as The Wildlife Society. ​​

Vern Northrup

Retired Fire Operations Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Artist, and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Elder

Vern Northrup spent 24 years as a Fire Operations Specialist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, working on wildfires both across the West and close to home in Minnesota. Vern is a Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Elder and a visual storyteller. His photographs and teachings offer Anishinaabe perspectives of the place of humans in the world, the seasons, and more. He uses photography as a tool to educate both himself and the viewer about the rhythms of nature, the preservation of tradition, and the relationship between resilience and sustainability.

MODERATOR

Steven R. Miller

Regional Director, Fire and Aviation Management, U.S. Forest Service Eastern Region, Vice President, International Association of Wildland Fire

Steve graduated from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point with a degree in Forest Administration in 1985, and Masters in Ecological Restoration from the University of Florida in 2016. He has since ​worked for a private forestry consultant, the USDA Forest Service, Texas Forest Service, and Florida Division of Forestry and recently retired as the Chief of the Bureau of Land Resources for the St. Johns River Water Management District.  Steve was responsible for directing a multiple use land management program on over 600,000 acres. Most of the lands SJRWMD manages require fire on a 3-5 year interval to sustain them ecologically, so prescribed fire is a major part of his duties.   Steve is active in the North Florida Prescribed Fire Council, serving on the steering committee since 1992. Steve’s newest position is with the USDA Forest Service as the Regional Director of Fire and Aviation in Region 9. He served on the 1998 Governors Task Force on Wildland Fire, Florida Forestry Blue Ribbon Commission, the Florida Georgia Fire Summits (I &II) and is a current member of the Florida Forest Council. He has feet firmly planted in both fire camps (suppression and prescribed fire) and is qualified as and ICT2, OSC2 and an RXB1. He is committed to preparing the next generation of land/fire managers, he regularly travels to teach NWCG classes, and is currently serving as an Adjunct Instructor for the University of Florida. Steve and his wife are parents of two adults; one of whom is a second-generation forester and fire manager.

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Resources

Fire and TEK – Serra Hoagland Ph.D.

 

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