Indigenous people deliberately burned jack pine for blueberries
Evidence
Deliberate burning of some jack pine land to stimulate blueberry production was practiced, at least by the late 19th century. But the extent of this practice in earlier times, or of the burning of forest to drive game, improve hunting, or in tribal warfare, has not been established. — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 55
Categorization
- XREF: Links to the course’s Indigenous land-use thread and challenges virgin-forest narrative. — connects to: Beaver depend on fire-created aspen-birch stands within reach of waterways. — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 427; Fire exclusion policies carry greater safety risk than prescribed burning — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 480; Jack pine, birches, and aspen colonize fire and logging damaged soils — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods: Seeing More in…, 861 (+1 more)
Related
- Indigenous burning was a creative landscape-shaping art and science (similarity 0.84)
- Logging-era slash fires replaced red and white pine with aspen, birch, and jack pine (similarity 0.82)
- Beaver depend on fire-created aspen-birch stands within reach of waterways. (similarity 0.79)
- Jack pine, birches, and aspen colonize fire and logging damaged soils (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Indigenous burning was a creative landscape-shaping art and science
#exemplifies(0.85) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1338 - Jack pine, birches, and aspen colonize fire and logging damaged soils
#corroborates(0.75) — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods, 861