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The Confluence is the blog of the California Institute for Water Resources (CIWR) within University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. We cover timely topics of water management in California, highlight innovative research and voices. 

CIWR's mission is to integrate California's research, extension, and education programs to develop research-based solutions to water resource challenges. We do this by facilitating collaborative research and outreach on water issues across California's academic institutions and with international, federal, state, regional, nonprofit, and campus communities.

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Don Hankins (right) sampling vegetation for a fire and biodiversity project in the Kaanju Ngaachi Indigenous Protected Area on the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Niki Michail.
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California Indigenous perspectives on water and fire management

March 26th, 2018
Don Hankins is a professor of geography and planning at Chico State and a Miwko? (Plains Miwok) traditional cultural practitioner. He has spent his academic career working on water and fire issues in California, with a focus on applied traditional Indigenous stewardship.
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