Asst. Prof KU | Indigenous fire scholar | Apache Env. Scientist | @ucdavis alum #goodfire 🔥🌿https://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3mlbjdu6e522vMy lab’s 1st grad student passed her defense with HONORS 🎓🪶07 May 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbjdu6e522vhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3mikpd6bbn223Life lately ❤️🪶03 Apr 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikpd6bbn223https://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3mfuhdxelwc2wAll are invited for this UC Berkeley-UC Merced-California Fire Science Consortium talk 🔥🌱 Thank you CFSC for the flier 😮‍💨 #fire #wildfire #Indigenous #california27 Feb 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfuhdxelwc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3mdjbmsyrxc2kReceived 3 PhD grad student applications to work w me next year. Wow, I’m v. honored to be considered 🌱 & humbled by the growth of my program, so far.28 Jan 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdjbmsyrxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3maepmg62zc27Nice write-up by the KU Center for Ecological Research 🌱🔥19 Dec 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3maepmg62zc27https://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3maepmg62zc27Nice write-up by the KU Center for Ecological Research 🌱🔥19 Dec 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3maepmg62zc27https://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3m7g4awxn2c2k💥Preorder your copy today! Our group opens the book with our chapter on “Rematriating Fire Stewardship”🤲🏽🌿 #wildfire #Indigenous07 Dec 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7g4awxn2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3m64ghvbmps2vProfessor week 14 of fall 🍁🌻21 Nov 2025 04:18 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m64ghvbmps2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3m4eupfl2cs2wYay to 1,000 of you 🌿🔥 hi! I hardly check in here, hope you’re well!30 Oct 2025 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4eupfl2cs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lwyoxv7aws2q🚨Published today🚨We highlight 3 areas to support Indigenous-led fire: sustained funding, regulatory flexibility, & community partnerships 🔥🌿 #goodfire #wildfire #Indigenous22 Aug 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwyoxv7aws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lwyoxv7aws2q🚨Published today🚨We highlight 3 areas to support Indigenous-led fire: sustained funding, regulatory flexibility, & community partnerships 🔥🌿 #goodfire #wildfire #Indigenous22 Aug 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwyoxv7aws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lwrkhdksa22vFire historian Stephen Pyne wrote a commentary on our recent 🔥PNAS article: “Fire practices can support appeals to comanage ancestral lands or transfer them outright. Fire has entered the larger discourse over colonization. Roos et al. make this case explicit.” #goodfire19 Aug 2025 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwrkhdksa22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lvqxo6lkwc2rIt happened y’all. My team and I rec’d an “accept with no revisions” on our paper to be published this winter. Exciting🔥🌿06 Aug 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqxo6lkwc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lpa5d3cv222vMy lab’s 1st M.S. student unanimously passed her thesis proposal defense! She is Makah & Wichita and is studying fire-soil restoration🌱 #goodfire #wildfire15 May 2025 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpa5d3cv222vhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3liv4mu3e2s2nGrateful to have spent time cultural burning in the Yosemite Valley last week..this pic was from 2021 & the lands & waters look so good! This is what Indigenous fire stewardship looks like #goodfire #wildfire #california24 Feb 2025 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3liv4mu3e2s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lidgbgqizc23Bear Rock, Mariposa, California 🐻⛰️ #yosemite #california #goodfire16 Feb 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lidgbgqizc23https://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lg4ffcifrc2wIndigenous fire stewardship quick guide 🌿🔥 📸🧵 All articles can be found at scholarmelinda.com/reading-group #wildfire #goodfire19 Jan 2025 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4ffcifrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lgoe2qqih22dIdk how many ppl are on @LinkedIn but I updated my profile, finally 🌿 let’s connect! https://www.linkedin.com/in/scholarmelinda26 Jan 2025 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgoe2qqih22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lg4ffcifrc2wIndigenous fire stewardship quick guide 🌿🔥 📸🧵 All articles can be found at scholarmelinda.com/reading-group #wildfire #goodfire19 Jan 2025 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4ffcifrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lclw3cyn722xIt’s #WorldSoilDay2024 🤲🏽 healthy plants need healthy soils: healthy soils need #goodfire 🌿🔥Here is my lab collecting pre burn cultural fire soil samples. #wildfire #science #Indigenous06 Dec 2024 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclw3cyn722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/scholarmelinda.bsky.social/post/3lcjhfkvxge26Indigenous Professor, I specialize in wildfire and Indigenous Science. New to 🔵☁️05 Dec 2024 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:dpvkuv777bscdg64m75mwpcd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjhfkvxge26