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Mescalero Apache Tribe

Mescalero Apache Tribe. Sustainable Forest Management in Indian Country Workshop December 9, 2003. Variable Landscapes. Elevation 5,000 ‘-12,000'. Water is scarce. Traditions continue. Circa 1892. Plant Gathering. Forest Mgt Tradition. Last remaining sawmills in New Mexico.

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Mescalero Apache Tribe

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  1. Mescalero Apache Tribe Sustainable Forest Management in Indian Country Workshop December 9, 2003

  2. Variable Landscapes

  3. Elevation 5,000‘-12,000'

  4. Water is scarce.

  5. Traditions continue.

  6. Circa 1892

  7. Plant Gathering

  8. Forest Mgt Tradition

  9. Last remaining sawmills in New Mexico.

  10. Village of Mescalero 1892

  11. Mescalero Today.

  12. Hazardous Fuels Reduction

  13. Prescribed Burning

  14. Mescalero “Red Hats” • All-Indian fire crew organized in 1948 • 1st firefighting group in western U.S., except for permanent Forest Service employees

  15. Ceremonial use of fire.

  16. Thora Padilla, Program Manager Division of Resource Mgt & Protection Mescalero Apache Tribe P.O. Box 227 Mescalero, New Mexico 88340 (505) 464-9222 thora@mescaleroapache.org

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