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Marty Duncan, a member of the Robinson Rancheria Pomo Indians, ignites a handmade torch of dried wormwood branches to ceremoniously begin a cultural training burn in Weitchpec, Calif. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Ryan Reed is from the Karuk, Hupa, and Yurok Tribes in California. Growing up, he learned how his people long used intentional fire to keep landscapes healthy.

Reed: “But we were never able to actually go out and do those things.”