August 3, 2025 – CAL FIRE’s Tribal Wildfire Resilience Program has awarded $4.7 million to support tribes and tribal nonprofits in implementing workforce training, cultural approaches to land stewardship, and wildfire resilience projects.

One funded project will support the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians (FTBMI) to promote research opportunities for Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and reintegrate cultural burning practices to establish wildfire safety in communities.

Learn more about the projects: https://www.fire.ca.gov/.../tribal-wildfire-resilience.

Source & photo: CAL FIRE