UBC Forestry has been awarded US$790,000 from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to study cultural and prescribed burning in partnership with four B.C. First Nations. Each of the four Nations—Lil’wat, Cheslatta Carrier, Stswecem’c Xget’tem and St̓uxwtéwst Nations—will tackle topics related to their land use and forest management priorities. …The three-year study is wide-ranging; UBC and Lil’wat Forestry Ventures (LFV) will analyze forest conditions, study fire regimes and develop land-use policies that support Indigenous sovereignty and challenge a more colonial approach to forest management. …The project will look at high-risk zones within Lil’wat Nation’s traditional territory, map historical fires—including wildfires and cultural burns—and examine how those fires have impacted the growth and development of plants. All of that will give the research team a map of high-risk areas and a better understanding of where to host future cultural burns.