About me
John Leonard has been fighting fires for 40 years. Through the watchfulness that he developed over the years connected to his ancestral relationship to the land, he can read the landscape and fire behaviours in a way one watches an old friend. John is actively involved with the Interior Salish Firekeepers Society, contributing to a growing movement of Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and fire ecologists who are reviving the traditional practice of cultural burning. By advocating and building support networks for cultural land management practices, the future generations of Fire Keepers will be built. John is a Mentor with Preparing Our Home.
