BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26@sage.nelson.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T171500 DTSTAMP:20250904T145221Z URL:https://sage.nelson.wisc.edu/events/tbd/ SUMMARY:Rekindling Reciprocity: How the Story of Fire in Great Lakes Forest s Offers Lessons toward a more Just and Sustainable Society DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Evan Larson\, Professor of Environmental Sciences an d Society\, UW–Platteville\n\n\n\nWestern perspectives on the idea of wi lderness are evolving\, making space for people to be recognized as contri butors to diversity and resiliency\, and not just as damaging agents\, a n otion that is already deeply embedded within many Indigenous knowledge sys tems. Bringing these perspectives together can help identify pathways to a more just and sustainable future that supports the diversity and abundanc e of the socioecological systems of which we are a part. An emerging netwo rk of Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers are weaving tree-ring-base d fire history information with Traditional Knowledge to tell a more compl ete and accurate story about the role of people and fire in shaping the fo rested landscapes of the Upper Great Lakes.\n\n \;\n\nLessons learned in places like the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness\, a landscape tha t helped justify establishment of the 1964 Wilderness Act which codified t he separation of people and nature\, help notions of wilderness dissolve w hile ideas of reciprocity bring people squarely into the community of life as active participants and co-creators\, rather than separate individuali sts. Expanding this research into additional regions consistently reinforc es the idea that the fates of people and red pine are intertwined and mode rated through flames\, and that this relationship serves as a flagship for myriad other fire-dependent beings. The stories of fire held in the rings of trees are a vital catalyst to this effort\, enabling cross-cultural co nversations and collaborations among a growing network of stakeholder grou ps engaged in land and fire stewardship across the Great Lakes Region\, wi th lessons for all fire-dependent systems in a dynamic and changing world. CATEGORIES:Weston LOCATION:1163 Mechanical Engineering\, 1513 University Avenue\, Madison\, U nited States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1513 University Avenue\, Ma dison\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=1163 Mechanical Engineeri ng:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR