Understory Collective Launch Event

175 Electioneer Road,Stanford CA 94305

03 February, 2023

Description

The Understory Collective, started by Tule Horton and Eric Bear, is selling Karuk-created NFTs, posters, and stickers to fund the vital land stewardship projects of the Karuk Department of Natural Resources, connecting the ancestral stewards of the Klamath with a community of supporters across the country. At this launch event, we'll host a panel of Karuk tribal leaders—artists and cultural fire practitioners—so all in attendance can learn more about cultural burning, the Karuk tribe, and land back. There will be an opportunity to meet others in the forest restoration and land back communities, ask questions, and mingle after 6pm. --- California’s forests and lives are in danger. Each summer and fall, wildfires destroy the ecosystems and neighborhoods where we live, and wildfires will be 50% more common by 2050. Yet California ecosystems co-evolved with fire, and low temperature, low area fires build fire resilience and healthy ecosystems. To effectively reduce the risk of megafires, make our forests resilient, and save lives, California needs to burn 20 million acres of land. The Karuk tribe, with generations of fire lighting experience, must independently seek funding for their fuel reduction work. Having flexible funding gives tribal land stewards autonomy in their landscape-level management decisions. We are building a bridge between indigenous art and eco-cultural revitalization efforts, helping curious learners make an impact on land stewardship. Learn more on our website here!