A Caltech scientist has apologized for damaging a sacred site. Is it enough?
Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times
July 25, 2021
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The Fish Slough Petroglyph site in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management s Volcanic Tablelands area on Monday, July 12, 2021, in Bishop, California.Gary Coronado/TNS
LOS ANGELES A Caltech professor who outraged Native American tribes by drilling holes in an ancient petroglyph site while doing research without a permit near Bishop, California, has issued a public apology, saying he was “horrified” by what he had done.
“While the area’s geology is of significant interest, it is also of cultural and historical importance,” the scientist, Joseph Kirschvink, wrote in a statement. “I am horrified that I inadvertently collected samples from a sacred area that I too cherish and respect. I sincerely and deeply apologize for the disturbance we caused.”
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Oregon firefighters face return of hazardous conditions, COVID-19 outbreak Metro 8 hrs ago
By Barbara Goldberg and Steve Gorman
(Reuters) -Strike teams making headway against a huge wildfire in Oregon faced a resurgence of dry, windy weather on Friday while an outbreak of COVID-19 among firefighters posed a new complication in battling the three-week-old blaze.
Hundreds of miles to the northeast, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management reported that five firefighters in Montana were injured on Thursday when a sudden shift in the wind blew flames over their position on the edge of a much smaller wildfire there.
Both developments came as the National Weather Service posted red-flag warnings for south-central Oregon, most of Montana and a portion of eastern Idaho. More than 80 major wildfires are raging across those three states and 10 others in the West, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.