This image exemplifies the synthesis between Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and modern fire tools. Good Fire has been used by Indigenous people all over the world since time immemorial, and restoration of our ecosystems demands bringing back healthy fire return intervals (FRI), which necessitate the use of tools to process excess woody biomass. By entering a degraded ecosystem, gathering fuels that have built up because of fire suppression and ecosystem disruption, producing charcoal with those fuels, returning good fire to the landscape and reseeding native grasses, tubers, neophytes, etc. , a healthy FRI can be restored fairly quickly (3-5 years, depending on healthy FRI), and can be done inexpensively and with very few tools. Good Fire begins with honoring TEK and continues through stewardship in its honor.

Photo and Video documentation available on biocharcoalition website. One of the videos here https://youtu.be/qDZ3_FvlO6c