Recent wildfires in Sequoia National Park have highlighted the need for leadership from local tribes, like the Tule River Tribe of California, to be involved in firefighting efforts to protect delicate ecology and significant historic and cultural sites.
An 800-acre wildfire burning near Porterville reached 100% containment on Tuesday.
The Success Fire was sparked last week following a lightning storm. Roughly 172 firefighters were assigned to the Tulare County incident.
Cal Fire reported one injury and no structures damaged.
The fire is located near Success Valley and Reservation roads, just east of Porterville. Not far from the Success Fire is the largest active fire in Tulare County.
Nettle Fire
The Nettle Fire is located on the Tule River Reservation in East Porterville and as of Wednesday was 75% contained, according to National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).
Tule River Fire Department is leading the firefighting effort with help from surrounding agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management. The roughly 120 firefighters assigned to the incident made significant progress over the last three days.