Leok Po Demonstration & Workshop 2024
Date(s): November 8 (Public) November 9-10 (Fire Professionals)
Time(s): 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: Cache Creek Nature Preserve, YochaDehe Tribal lands (see map)
Sponsored by: Cache Creek Conservancy and the Tending & Gathering Garden Advisory Committee
Funding for the event is provided by CalFIRE; CEMEX; Granite Construction, Inc.; Teichert, Inc.; Vulcan Materials; Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation; and Yolo County.
For more information contact: Sheila Pratt, executive director of Cache Creek Conservancy, 530-661-1070 or [email protected]
Cost: Free
Workshop Details
Cultural Burn Awareness Workshop
The Cultural Burn Awareness Workshop is open to both the public and to fire professionals. It will be held at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve on Friday, November 8th 2024.
If you are not a fire professional, but would like to participate in making and controlling fires, you should wear cotton or natural materials. Synthetic materials will melt if a spark gets on them. NO rubber-soled shoes, like tennis shoes. They can melt. It’s better to wear hard-soled shoes or hiking boots.
If you plan to stay back and stick to the trails, tennis shoes will be fine.
Schedule for Friday, November 8th
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Sign-in and coffee |
| 8:30 AM | Welcome and Opening Circle |
| 9:00 AM | Cultural Awareness Tables and Discussions featuring Diana Almendariz, Danny Manning, Clint McKay, and Ali Meders-Knight |
| Noon | Lunch (provided for pre-registered attendees only) |
| 1:00 PM | Cultural Burn Demonstration in the Tending and Gathering Garden with Diana Almendariz and her family |
| 3:00 PM | Closing Circle |
Cultural Burn Practices (Fire Professionals only)
Cultural Burn Practices will be held at various location in Yocha Dehe tribal lands near Brooks, CA and are open to fire professionals only. These practice demonstrations will be on Saturday, November 9th and Sunday, November 10th, 2023.
Schedule for Saturday and Sunday
Activities begin at 8:00 AM and should finish by 4:00 PM.
Logistics for All Workshops
Coffee and water will be available. Lunch will be provided only for people who have pre-registered.
Portable restrooms will be available.
Be sure to bring your own sunglasses, hat and sunscreen as needed.
Please register for any or all days using the form below.
You should see a registration form in the green box below. If you don’t, please feel free to Contact Us directly.
Previous Leok Po Events
- Leok Po Demonstration & Workshop 2022
- Review of the 2023 workshop: The Many Impacts of Leok Po