{"id":16036,"date":"2022-06-24T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calcanstaging.kinsta.cloud\/?p=16036"},"modified":"2026-01-05T23:54:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:54:03","slug":"why-we-cant-build-a-fire-resilient-future-without-worker-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/why-we-cant-build-a-fire-resilient-future-without-worker-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Can\u2019t Build a Fire-Resilient Future Without Worker Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This blog was originally published by CalCAN coalition member <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oaec.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occidental Arts &amp; Ecology Center (OAEC)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is an 80-acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy and community-organizing center in Sonoma County that develops strategies for regional-scale community resilience and the restoration of biological and cultural diversity. <\/span><\/em><em>You can read the original post <a href=\"https:\/\/oaec.org\/why-we-cant-build-a-fire-resilient-future-without-worker-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here on their website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story below describes a vegetation management and workforce development pilot project at OAEC in partnership with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northbayjobswithjustice.org\/trabajadores-de-la-tierra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Bay Jobs with Justice (NBJwJ)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. NBJwJ is a growing, grassroots coalition of over 30 labor and community organizations fighting for economic and racial justice on the frontlines of the climate crisis.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Versi\u00f3n en Espa\u00f1ol abajo<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why We Can\u2019t Build a Fire-Resilient Future Without Worker Justice<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Navigating the threat of wildfire is an ongoing reality of life in Sonoma County. From 2017 to 2020, fires burned more than 300,000 acres across the county, resulting in devastating losses to ecosystems, homes, communities, and human lives.<sup>1<\/sup> Recent years of extreme wildfire events have not only transformed the land itself, but also shifted the priorities of the public, management agencies, and local governing bodies around the essential need for fire adaptation and mitigation.<\/p>\n<p>This work looks different everywhere, but in Sonoma County (SC) where over half the land area is forest and woodlands, there has been a strong focus on \u201cvegetation management\u201d \u2013 a set of practices that alter vegetation to reduce wildfire risk, promote public safety, and support healthy ecosystems.<sup>2<\/sup> Often, the goal is to reduce high \u201cfuel load\u201d or flammable vegetation that cause fires to build heat and intensity, through strategies like understory thinning, grazing, clearing along evacuation routes, and prescribed fire. Vegetation management is important in light of extractive land use patterns and decades of fire suppression that have disrupted or altogether eliminated natural disturbance regimes, leading to dense vegetation overgrowth. The removal of fire as a keystone process from California\u2019s landscapes is also inextricably tied to colonization and the criminalization of traditional fire stewardship practiced by Native communities for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>To reduce immediate wildfire risk, hazardous fuels reduction is needed at every scale \u2013 first, vegetation must be managed around homes to create \u201cdefensible space\u201d delineated by a 100-foot perimeter around a structure<sup>3<\/sup>, and second beyond 100 feet into adjacent vegetation or wildland. Homeowners are on the hook for defensible space with California law and insurance companies, yet more and more attention is going toward the forest and wild areas beyond in order to create wildfire resiliency at a landscape-scale. Through such targeted vegetation management strategies, humans can take an active stewardship role in healing ecosystems and building fire adaptability for animal and plant life, forest health, and communities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16064\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16064\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?resize=358%2C562&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?resize=191%2C300&amp;ssl=1 191w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?resize=651%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 651w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?resize=768%2C1208&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?w=814&amp;ssl=1 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Guzman L\u00f3pez &#8211; Picture from OAEC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The good news is that tens of millions of dollars are flowing in from the federal, state, county levels as well as private funds for vegetation management, fire safe education, and capacity-building efforts \u2013 and we should expect to see funding opportunities grow in the years ahead. The SC Board of Supervisors allocated $25 million in 2020 alone for vegetation management from PG&amp;E settlement funds in response to the Sonoma Complex Fires lawsuit in 2017. Wildfire risk in SC has even garnered attention from the federal government, President Joe Biden awarding SC a $37 million grant from FEMA designed to support fire mitigation efforts.<sup>4<\/sup> Although we\u2019re encouraged to see vegetation management work being prioritized, it\u2019s critical that these funding mechanisms (and grant-making entities) center the needs and voices of frontline workers. A sustainable, long-term vision of resilience cannot be separated from justice for the workers who are leading fire mitigation efforts on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>As the scope and scale of vegetation management increases in the years ahead due to climate crisis and drought, the demand for a skilled ecological restoration workforce will only continue to grow.<sup>5<\/sup> In SC, \u201clandworkers\u201d or \u201ctrabajadores de la tierra\u201d from Mexico and Central America are the backbone of the wine and agricultural industries and make up a large percentage of the day-labor workforce from gardening and landscaping to home hardening and hazardous fuels removal. As landworkers continue to step into an emerging fire mitigation workforce, it\u2019s essential that they be compensated and centralized as leaders whose hard work, heart, and expertise make adaptation possible. As vegetation management funds continue to flow into the county, how can we ensure that these funds create just jobs and living-wage career pathways for frontline workers and marginalized communities most directly impacted by the climate crisis?<\/p>\n<p>This winter, OAEC and North Bay Jobs with Justice (NBJwJ) joined forces with ten workers from their Farmworker Justice Campaign on a vegetation management and workforce development pilot project. NBJwJ is a growing, grassroots coalition of over 30 labor and community organizations fighting for economic and racial justice on the frontlines of the climate crisis. NBJwJ took lead on organizing a crew of workers and over the course of a month, the crew completed 41 acres of on-site fuel reduction and mitigation work, funded by After the Fire and Gold Ridge RCD\u2019s North Bay Forest Improvement Program(NBFIP). Throughout the project, OAEC staff also offered training in the field and days of hands-on education in Spanish, while workers shared their experiences working on the land \u2013 both here in SC and in their home communities of Mexico and Central America.<\/p>\n<p>Much of this pilot was guided by our belief that how we do the work is just as important as the work itself. All too often, as a cost cutting measure, vegetation is managed in ecologically and socially harmful ways, resulting in excessive mastication of vegetation or clear-cutting, not to mention worker exploitation. When used without careful discretion, activities intended to abate fuel load in our forests can result in further environmental degradation while exacerbating social and economic risks for our most vulnerable communities. Funding opportunities in wildfire preparedness and prevention can and should invest in the true cost of ecologically-literate vegetation management and well-paid jobs, to do right by the environment and the workers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16065\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16065\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-2-OAEC.jpeg?resize=358%2C477&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-2-OAEC.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-2-OAEC.jpeg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Reyes &#8211; Picture from OAEC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAEC and NBJwJ seek to model the implementation of vegetation management in a way that not only effectively mitigates fire risk, but also is regenerative and connective for the workers and the whole of the ecosystem (soil, water, carbon, habitat, biodiverse life!). Throughout the month-long project, the sounds of the worker crew echoed under the redwood and fir canopy as they masterfully wielded machetes to clear dead tan oak, overgrown vegetation, and encroaching seedlings. Many of the workers, like Anayeli Guzman, were very familiar with the work of tending to the land, albeit more frequently in the vineyards. Anayeli shared in Spanish her perspective on the difference between this project and the seasonal grape harvest: \u201cIt\u2019s a different way of relating to the land, more connected to needs of other animals who also depend on it.\u201d She recounted that, earlier in the month, the crew had taken great care to avoid disturbing an area on the northeast corner of the property where a pair of Northern Spotted Owls, an endangered species, have been known to nest during the breeding season. \u201cEspecially for those like myself who work the land for a living, it feels good to be more connected, to actually be caring for the needs of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crew honed their skills in a myriad of other stewardship practices, including site assessment, plant and tree identification, and wildlife habitat restoration. Another important goal we sought to elevate during this project was increasing the land\u2019s drought tolerance and water holding capacity as well as mitigating the erosion of waterways that flow downstream into the salmon-spawning waters of Dutch Bill Creek. In practice, this looked like selective thinning to \u201crelease\u201d larger, healthy trees from surrounding competition, laying logs and brush along the contour of a slope, and strategically packing incising gullies with leftover biomass to slow the flow of water and reduce erosion. Anabel Garcia, another worker leader, spoke to the connections between forest and watershed health: \u201cWe\u2019re choosing the trees that will bring in the most humidity and fog, and making sure that the salmon down the hill have cleaner water.\u201d The attentive care involved in this project was a stark contrast to what some of the workers witnessed around nearby vineyards where machines simply clear-cut massive tracts of the forest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16066\" style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16066\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-3-OAEC.jpeg?resize=521%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-3-OAEC.jpeg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-3-OAEC.jpeg?resize=1024%2C702&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-3-OAEC.jpeg?resize=768%2C526&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-3-OAEC.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture from OAEC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the pilot project, we also found that creating space in this work to honor the multi-dimensionality of a landscape rather than focusing solely on one element or ecological process invited more meaningful engagement with the land and activated stories of place. For many of the workers, these concepts were not new, but in fact echoed familiar practices of growing food, healing soil, and tending land in community. Some workers also shared reflections grounded in their ancestral and Indigenous roots \u2013 a testament to the crew\u2019s depth of knowledge and ethic of Earth stewardship that is core to building a more resilient future.<\/p>\n<p>In another memorable moment, the crew came across a patch of grassy mounds, a physical legacy of the Italian-settler vineyards that once lined that hillside at the turn of the 20th century. Native grasses growing on the mounds were an even older testament to the once expansive ancestral Pomo coastal prairies, and thanks to the mounds which prevented the bunch grasses from being cut, are preserved to this day. Histories and re-emergent possibilities intertwined. Looking around at the thinned understory and woodrat habitat piles built earlier that day, Anabel reflected on the stories of what was to come:\u00a0<b>\u201cThe community has to think about preserving the soil and the trees. In the future, this is the work that is protecting us.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Adapting to the pressing reality of fire cannot be achieved without ensuring justice for landworkers. The immigrant and Indigenous worker leaders of NBJwJ are on the forefront of that movement. Building on the work with OAEC, NBJwJ is partnering this year with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.santarosa.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Rosa Junior College<\/a>\u00a0(SRJC) and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribalecorestoration.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance<\/a>\u00a0(TERA) on a vegetation management and wildfire mitigation workforce development program, which integrates workers\u2019 rights, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and public policy development. As the impacts of climate change worsen and the need for vegetation management as well as a trained workforce to do that work grows. NBJwJ and OAEC are supporting immigrant and Indigenous workers to develop a social enterprise that is truly worker-owned and operated. Trabajadores de la tierra, who are on the frontlines of climate change-fueled wildfires, can lead Sonoma County in listening to the land and organizing for worker justice to create a sustainable, thriving future.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16067 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-4-OAEC.png?resize=163%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-4-OAEC.png?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-4-OAEC.png?resize=768%2C793&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-4-OAEC.png?w=872&amp;ssl=1 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16068 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=300%2C70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=300%2C70&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=1024%2C237&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=768%2C178&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=1536%2C356&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?w=1942&amp;ssl=1 1942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Written by: Hannah Wilton, Program &amp; Development Associate at the Occidental Arts &amp; Ecology Center<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and Davida Sotelo Escobedo, Communications &amp; Research Coordinator, North Bay Jobs with Justice<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Translated by: Olivia Rathbone and Beto Alvarez-Perez<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Photos by: Jim Coleman and Brock Dolman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">ESPA\u00d1OL<\/h2>\n<p>Enfrentar las amenazas de incendios forestales es una realidad cotidiana en el Condado de Sonoma. De 2017 a 2020, se quemaron m\u00e1s de 300,000 hect\u00e1reas en el condado, dando como resultado p\u00e9rdidas devastadoras a los ecosistemas, casas, comunidades y vidas humanas.<sup>1<\/sup> Los incendios extremos en estos a\u00f1os recientes han transformado no solo el paisaje sino tambi\u00e9n las prioridades del p\u00fablico, las agencias, y las instituciones gubernamentales, alrededor de la necesidad esencial de adaptar y mitigar los fuegos.<\/p>\n<p>Este trabajo es diferente en todos los lugares, pero aqu\u00ed en el Condado de Sonoma, donde la mitad del terreno es bosque, siempre ha habido un \u00e9nfasis en \u201cel manejo de la vegetaci\u00f3n\u201d \u2013 existen varias pr\u00e1cticas para reducir o cambiar la vegetaci\u00f3n: disminuir el riesgo de fuegos, garantizar la seguridad del p\u00fablico, y apoyar los ecosistemas sanos.<sup>2<\/sup> Muchas veces, el objetivo es reducir la \u201csobrecarga de combustible\u201d (vegetaci\u00f3n altamente inflamable que resulta en incendios m\u00e1s calientes e intensos) con t\u00e9cnicas como entresacar el matorral del sotobosque, pastar, despejar las rutas de evacuaci\u00f3n, o de fuego recetado, entre otras. El manejo de la vegetaci\u00f3n es importante considerando la explotaci\u00f3n de la tierra y d\u00e9cadas de represi\u00f3n del fuego que han interrumpido o eliminado los \u201creg\u00edmenes de perturbaci\u00f3n\u201d natural, dando como resultado un sobrecrecimiento de la vegetaci\u00f3n; dichos reg\u00edmenes de perturbaci\u00f3n son procesos o eventos ecol\u00f3gicos como fuegos, terremotos, huracanes, sequ\u00edas, plagas, etc que alteran o interrumpen un ecosistema a corto-plazo pero a largo-plazo hacen una gran parte en la formaci\u00f3n del car\u00e1cter del ecosistema. La extirpaci\u00f3n del fuego como un proceso clave en el ambiente natural de California est\u00e1 conectado inextricablemente a la colonizaci\u00f3n y la criminalizaci\u00f3n de la gesti\u00f3n tradicional del fuego en las comunidades ind\u00edgenas practicada por miles de a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Para reducir el riesgo de incendios, la prioridad es bajar la sobrecarga de la vegetaci\u00f3n inflamable a toda escala \u2013 primero, hay que podar la vegetaci\u00f3n alrededor de las casas para crear, lo que se denomina: \u201cespacio defendible\u201d en un per\u00edmetro de 100 pies -35 metros \u2013 alrededor de la estructura.<sup>3<\/sup> Y segundo, controlar la vegetaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los 100 pies o las \u00e1reas silvestres. Por ley de California y de las compa\u00f1\u00edas de seguros, los due\u00f1os de las casas son responsables por el \u201cespacio defendible\u201d, mientras tanto, cada vez m\u00e1s atenci\u00f3n va a las \u00e1reas silvestres y de bosques para crear resiliencia en la vida salvaje a gran escala. A trav\u00e9s de \u00e9stas estrategias para manejar la vegetaci\u00f3n, los seres humanos pueden participar activamente en la sanaci\u00f3n de los ecosistemas, y crear resiliencia para los animales, las plantas, los bosques, y las comunidades.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16064 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?resize=355%2C558&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?resize=191%2C300&amp;ssl=1 191w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?resize=651%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 651w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?resize=768%2C1208&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-1-OAEC.jpeg?w=814&amp;ssl=1 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/>Las buenas noticias son que hay millones de d\u00f3lares del gobierno federal, del estado, y del condado y tambi\u00e9n fondos particulares para el manejo de la vegetaci\u00f3n, la educaci\u00f3n del p\u00fablico, y la capacitaci\u00f3n de comunidades \u2013 y podemos anticipar m\u00e1s oportunidades para conseguir fondos en los a\u00f1os que vienen. En el a\u00f1o 2020, el Ayuntamiento del Condado de Sonoma distribuy\u00f3 $25 millones, producto del pago de la demanda de PG&amp;E Sonoma Complex Fires, para el manejo de la vegetaci\u00f3n. El riesgo de incendios en el Condado de Sonoma llam\u00f3 la atenci\u00f3n del gobierno federal \u2013 El Presidente Joe Biden dio al Condado de Sonoma un subvenci\u00f3n de $37 millones de FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency \u2013 Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, seg\u00fan sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) para el apoyo de la mitigaci\u00f3n de fuegos.<sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0Aunque estamos muy animados viendo como se prioriza el trabajo de gesti\u00f3n de la vegetaci\u00f3n, creemos que es clave que las entidades y procesos de inversi\u00f3n tomen en cuenta las voces de\u00a0los trabajadores del frente.\u00a0Una visi\u00f3n a largo-plazo sustentable de resiliencia, no puede separarse de la justicia de los trabajadores quienes realizan los esfuerzos de mitigaci\u00f3n de incendios sobre el terreno.<\/p>\n<p>Como el alcance de este trabajo va en aumento en los a\u00f1os que vienen por el cambio clim\u00e1tico y la sequ\u00eda, la demanda de una fuerza laboral calificada en la restauraci\u00f3n del ambiente tambi\u00e9n va continuar creciendo.<sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0En el Condado de Sonoma, \u201ctrabajadores de la tierra\u201d de M\u00e9xico y Centroam\u00e9rica son la columna vertebral de las\u00a0industrias\u00a0agr\u00edcolas, vi\u00f1edos, y la fuerza laboral: \u201ctrabajos por d\u00eda\u201d de jardiner\u00eda, paisajismo, y el manejo de la vegetaci\u00f3n para prevenir incendios, son algunas de las labores m\u00e1s solicitadas.\u00a0A medida que\u00a0los trabajadores de la tierra contin\u00faan entrando en la fuerza laboral emergente de mitigaci\u00f3n de incendios, debe ser prioridad que ellos\u00a0sean\u00a0compensados y centralizados como l\u00edderes\u00a0cuyo\u00a0trabajo arduo, coraz\u00f3n y experiencia hacen que la adaptaci\u00f3n sea posible. Mientras los fondos para este trabajo\u00a0fluyen hacia\u00a0el Condado de Sonoma, c\u00f3mo podemos garantizar que \u00e9stos fondos construyan trabajo justo, con sueldo digno y carreras profesionales para los trabajadores del frente y las comunidades marginadas que son las directamente impactadas por la crisis clim\u00e1tica?<\/p>\n<p>Este invierno, OAEC y\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northbayjobswithjustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bay Jobs with Justice (NBJwJ)<\/a>\u00a0unieron esfuerzos con diez trabajadores de la\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northbayjobswithjustice.org\/farmworker-justice.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campa\u00f1a para la Justicia de los Trabajadores Agr\u00edcolas\u00a0<\/a>en un proyecto piloto de manejo de la vegetaci\u00f3n y el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral.\u00a0NBJwJ es un movimiento comunitario, una red\u00a0de m\u00e1s de 30 organizaciones laborales y comunitarias que luchan por la justicia econ\u00f3mica y racial en diferentes frentes de la crisis clim\u00e1tica. NBJwJ lider\u00f3 la organizaci\u00f3n de un grupo de trabajadores que en un mes, reduj\u00f3 la vegetaci\u00f3n inflamable en 41 hect\u00e1reas del terreno de OAEC, proyecto financiado por After the Fire y Gold Ridge RCD\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/afterthefireusa.org\/our-programs\/before-the-fire\/nbfip-intro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bay Forest Improvement Program<\/a>\u00a0(NBFIP.) Durante el proyecto, los empleados de OAEC ofrecieron la capacitaci\u00f3n pr\u00e1ctica en espa\u00f1ol, mientras los trabajadores compartieron sus experiencias \u2013tanto aqu\u00ed en el Condado de Sonoma como en sus comunidades originales en Mexico y Centroamerica.<\/p>\n<p>Nosotros creemos que el\u00a0c\u00f3mo\u00a0se hace el trabajo es tan importante como el trabajo en s\u00ed mismo. Muchas veces, para ahorrar dinero, las entidades que desarrollan los proyectos lo hacen de una manera tan da\u00f1ina al medio ambiente como a los trabajadores, usando m\u00e9todos de\u00a0 extracci\u00f3n y masticaci\u00f3n (por maquinaria) de manera excesiva para la vegetaci\u00f3n, as\u00ed como malos pagos y explotaci\u00f3n de los trabajadores.\u00a0Cuando se realizan actividades sin cuidado, ni discreci\u00f3n, con la intenci\u00f3n de\u00a0 disminuir este material inflamable en los bosques, se\u00a0 pueden obtener m\u00e1s da\u00f1os ambientales que beneficios para los ecosistemas, mientras se incrementan los riesgos sociales y econ\u00f3micos para las comunidades m\u00e1s vulnerables. Las oportunidades de financiaci\u00f3n para prevenir\u00a0 incendios pueden y deben invertirse en su real medida con personal capacitado y trabajos bien pagos para hacer lo correcto con el\u00a0 medio ambiente y con los trabajadores.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16065 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-2-OAEC.jpeg?resize=354%2C472&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-2-OAEC.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-2-OAEC.jpeg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>OAEC y NBJwJ desean mostrar ejemplos del buen manejo de la vegetaci\u00f3n que mitiguen el riesgo de incendios y que sean regenerativos y conecten con los trabajadores y el ecosistema entero (tierra, agua, carbono, h\u00e1bitat, y vida biodiversa). Durante el proyecto de un mes, los sonidos del equipo de trabajadores hicieron eco en el bosque, mientras ellos empu\u00f1aban machetes con pericia y bajaron robles muertos, vegetaci\u00f3n sobrecrecida, y malas hierbas. Varios de los trabajadores, como Anayeli Guzm\u00e1n, que ya conoc\u00eda este tipo de trabajo por los vi\u00f1edos. Nos cont\u00f3 sobre sus puntos de vista y las diferencias entre este proyecto y la cosecha de las uvas aqu\u00ed en el Condado de Sonoma, \u201cEs otra manera de relacionarse con la tierra, m\u00e1s conectado a las necesidades de los animalitos que tambi\u00e9n la necesitan.\u201d Ella relat\u00f3 c\u00f3mo el equipo hab\u00eda puesto mucho cuidado para evitar molestar un \u00e1rea en el rinc\u00f3n noroeste de la propiedad, donde un par de B\u00fahos Moteados Nordestinos, una especie en peligro de extinci\u00f3n, hab\u00edan hecho su nido en los a\u00f1os pasados. \u201cEn especial, para personas como yo quienes trabajan la tierra, me siento bien, m\u00e1s conectada, cuidando de las necesidades de la tierra.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El equipo puli\u00f3 sus habilidades en varias pr\u00e1cticas de gesti\u00f3n, incluyendo evaluaci\u00f3n del sitio, identificaci\u00f3n de plantas y \u00e1rboles, y la restauraci\u00f3n del h\u00e1bitat. Otro objetivo del proyecto es aumentar la capacidad de la tierra para absorber agua, para tolerar la sequ\u00eda, y tambi\u00e9n para mitigar la erosi\u00f3n de los arroyos y riachuelos que van hacia el Dutch Bill Creek donde desovan los salmones. En la pr\u00e1ctica, \u00e9sto significa 1) seleccionar y cortar algunas \u00e1rboles peque\u00f1os o muertos para que los m\u00e1s grandes y sanos puedan tener m\u00e1s espacio sin competici\u00f3n, 2) poner los troncos y matorrales en el suelo por la curva de nivel de la ladera, y 3) estrat\u00e9gicamente taponar los barrancos erosionados con los sobres de vegetaci\u00f3n para impedir la velocidad del agua y reducir la erosi\u00f3n. Anabel Garcia, otra l\u00edder de los trabajadores, habl\u00f3 de las conexiones entre la salud del bosque y la de la cuenca: \u201cEstamos seleccionando los \u00e1rboles que van a traer m\u00e1s humedad y neblina para que los salmones abajo en el r\u00edo tengan agua limpia suficiente.\u201d El cuidado atento de este proyecto contrast\u00f3 con lo que algunos trabajadores han visto en los vi\u00f1edos cercanos, donde m\u00e1quinas simplemente cortan franjas inmensas del bosque sin precauci\u00f3n o cuidado, talan a ras, sin importar toda la vida que puedan destruir.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16066 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-3-OAEC.jpeg?resize=548%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-3-OAEC.jpeg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-3-OAEC.jpeg?resize=1024%2C702&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-3-OAEC.jpeg?zoom=2&amp;resize=548%2C377&amp;ssl=1 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/>Durante el proyecto piloto, descubrimos que crear espacios en el trabajo para honrar la multi-dimensionalidad de un paisaje en lugar de enfocarse s\u00f3lo en un elemento o proceso ecol\u00f3gico, provoc\u00f3 m\u00e1s participaci\u00f3n significativa con la tierra y conect\u00f3 las historias de sus lugares de origen. Para muchos de los trabajadores, los conceptos no eran nuevos y ten\u00edan un eco conocido en las pr\u00e1cticas de cultivar comida y gestionar la tierra en sus comunidades. Algunos de los trabajadores tambi\u00e9n compartieron observaciones basadas en sus ra\u00edces ancestrales e ind\u00edgenas \u2013 un testigo a su conocimiento profundo y a su \u00e9tica de gesti\u00f3n de la tierra que ser\u00eda clave para construir un futuro m\u00e1s resiliente.<\/p>\n<p>Otro momento sobresaliente fue cuando el equipo encontr\u00f3 unos mont\u00edculos herbosos, un legado de los colonos Italianos y sus vi\u00f1edos que hab\u00eda en esta ladera en el siglo pasado. Las hierbas nativas que crecieron en los mont\u00edculos fueron un testimonio antiguo de los pastos expansivos ancestrales de las comunidades ind\u00edgenas Pomo, que se conservaron hasta nuestros d\u00edas gracias a estos mont\u00edculos que no permitieron que se cortara la hierba en estos lugares \u2013 historias y posibilidades re-emergentes entrelazadas. Mirando al sotobosque aclareado y la vegetaci\u00f3n amontonada para los ratones del bosque (comida para los b\u00fahos), Anabel reflexion\u00f3 sobre las historias de lo que viene: <strong>\u201cLa comunidad tiene que pensar en preservar la tierra y los \u00e1rboles. En el futuro, ese es el trabajo que nos va a proteger.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adaptarse a esta realidad de incendios forestales es urgente y no se puede realizar sin asegurar la justicia para los trabajadores. Los l\u00edderes trabajadores inmigrantes e ind\u00edgenas de NBJwJ est\u00e1n al frente del movimiento. Construyendo desde el trabajo realizado con OAEC. NBJwJ est\u00e1 colaborando con Santa Rosa Junior College y el Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance (TERA) en una capacitaci\u00f3n de la fuerza laboral en el manejo de la vegetaci\u00f3n y la mitigaci\u00f3n de incendios que incorpora derechos laborales, conocimiento ecol\u00f3gico tradicional, y desarrollo pol\u00edtico. En cuanto se agraven los incendios alimentados por el cambio clim\u00e1tico, la necesidad del manejo de la vegetaci\u00f3n y de una fuerza laboral bien capacitada crece tambi\u00e9n. NBJwJ y OAEC est\u00e1n apoyando a los trabajadores inmigrantes e ind\u00edgenas a desarrollar una cooperativa de trabajadores-due\u00f1os. Los trabajadores de la tierra, quienes est\u00e1n al frente de los incendios, pueden liderar con justicia laboral y crear un futuro sostenible en el Condado de Sonoma.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16067 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-4-OAEC.png?resize=163%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-4-OAEC.png?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-4-OAEC.png?resize=768%2C793&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo-4-OAEC.png?w=872&amp;ssl=1 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16068 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=300%2C70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=300%2C70&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=1024%2C237&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=768%2C178&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?resize=1536%2C356&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OAEC-Horizontal-Logo.png?w=1942&amp;ssl=1 1942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Escrito por: Hannah Wilton, Program &amp; Development Associate at the Occidental Arts &amp; Ecology Center<\/em><br \/>\n<em>y Davida Sotelo Escobedo, Communications &amp; Research Coordinator, North Bay Jobs with Justice<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Traducci\u00f3n por: Olivia Rathbone y Beto Alvarez-Perez<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Fotos por: Jim Coleman and Brock Dolman<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>References:<\/h3>\n<p>1. Berkeley Law CLEE report, \u201cPriorities for Sonoma County\u2019s Wildfire Settlement Vegetation Management Funds.\u201d<br \/>\n2. Ibid.<br \/>\n3. CAL FIRE, \u201cPrepare for Wildfire: Defensible Space\u201d<br \/>\n4. Sonoma County Administrator\u2019s Office press release, June 30, 2021.<br \/>\n5. Hanford Fund, \u201cThe Case for a More Highly Trained Ecological Restoration Workforce.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog was originally published by CalCAN coalition member Occidental Arts &amp; Ecology Center (OAEC), which is an 80-acre research, demonstration,&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":16047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why We Can\u2019t Build a Fire-Resilient Future Without Worker Justice | CalCAN - California Climate &amp; 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