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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- As firefighters proceed to summation containment of the Garnet Fire, there's a antheral moving to conserve tribal onshore passim the Sierra Mountains.
"We privation to instrumentality attraction of the onshore and successful a bully way, not conscionable for us, but for each surviving things," said Dirk Charley.
Charley is simply a Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Sierra National Forest.
"This was the onshore of my tribe. All the mode up and implicit towards Dunlap," said Charley.
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Charley, who is Native American with a inheritance successful firefighting, works with the incidental commandant to guarantee the extortion of ineffable tribal land.
The Garnet Fire hits adjacent to home.
"The 4 tribes that we're consulting with and communicating with are the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians, Cool Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians, The Dunlap Band of Mono Indians- my tribe- and the accepted Yokuts tribe," said Charley.
Charley said the Sierra Mountains are not lone onshore for worshipping on, but it holds priceless history.
"Archaeological sites arsenic similar pictographs, petroglyphs, bedrock mortars, nutrient processing areas, taste resources specified arsenic nutrient stiffs, handbasket weaving, things similar that that are adjacent and beloved to us," said Charley.
Fire officials said protecting ineffable onshore is captious portion doing their job.
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They explain, having Charley enactment with them is simply a immense win.
"A wealthiness of cognition some connected the firefighting broadside and the broadside dealing with the antithetic tribes successful this area," said Fresno City Fire Deputy Fire Marshall Jay Tracy.
Charley said his begetter was the archetypal superintendent for the Horseshoe Meadow Hotshot radical decades ago.
Before his begetter died, helium talented Charley his loop buckle. And erstwhile his begetter passed away, Charley recovered his boots.
So, arsenic helium walks successful his father's footsteps, Charley hopes to transportation connected his father's bequest portion educating and inspiring a caller procreation of firefighters.
"If you instrumentality attraction of the forest, you instrumentality attraction of the water. And if you bash that, you instrumentality attraction of everybody," said Charley.
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As the Garnet Fire rages on, there's a antheral moving to conserve tribal onshore passim the Sierra Mountains
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