Georgina Preston
banner
georgina-preston.bsky.social
Georgina Preston
@georgina-preston.bsky.social
Settler living in Kaska Territory - working to improve wildfire co-existence in rural communities. Advocate for Indigenous sovereignty, especially as it pertains to land & water stewardship
Reposted by Georgina Preston
Stressed and depressed? Me too. You should check out this open access online Land Back course by the Yellowhead Institute instead of continuing to doomscroll.

learnonline.yellowheadinstitute.org
Home
A Yellowhead School Online Course Land Back An open access online course about the ways Canada dispossesses Indigenous people of the land -- and the strategies communities are using to get it back. Th...
learnonline.yellowheadinstitute.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reposted by Georgina Preston
New paper by Kyle Rodman and colleagues!

"Our results illustrate that restoration treatments [thinning and prescribed fire] can enhance tree-level growth across sites spanning ponderosa pine's climatic niche, even during recent, extreme drought events."

🧪🌏🔥
Restoration treatments enhance tree growth and alter climatic constraints during extreme drought
The frequency and severity of drought events are predicted to increase due to anthropogenic climate change, with cascading effects across forested ecosystems. Management activities such as forest thi...
doi.org
March 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Proud to share a community report I wrote on my MSc wildfire research for Stswecem'c Xget'tem First Nation. Many Indigenous communities are surrounded by high wildfire risk, but face barriers from settler-colonial govs & economic systems when addressing it.
www.ubctreeringlab.ca/post/me7-tse...
Me7 tsertsrép re nekéct (the forest will burn): me tsecéntem re tmicw-kt (we will restore our land)
Stswecem’c Xget’tem First Nation (SXFN) Community ReportFire has always and will always be a part of Stswecem’c Xget’tem First Nation (SXFN) Territory, but recent fires have had negative impacts on t...
www.ubctreeringlab.ca
March 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM