North Coast CNPS

Wiyot and other indigenous peoples' efforts to reclaim ancestral lands and habitats can result in the preservation of both eco-cultural traditions and botanical diversity. Adam Canter, Natural Resource Director for the Wiyot Tribe, will discuss Wiyot ethnobotany, plant uses, and the decline of coastal prairie and scrub habitat in the absence of cultural fire and the expansion of settler-colonial development around the Wigi (Humboldt Bay), the lower Wiya't (Eel River), and the lower Baduawa't (Mad River).