Organization
Cultural Fire Management Council (CFMC)
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The Cultural Fire Management Council, a Yurok community nonprofit, organizes cultural burning on the Yurok Reservation and ancestral lands in northern California.
- Kind
- Native community nonprofit (501(c)(3))
- Native-led
- yes-self-described
- Works with
- Yurok Tribe and Yurok ancestral lands
- Region
- California; CA
- Focus
- Cultural burning on the Yurok Reservation and ancestral lands; land stewardship and plant studies
- Registry
- EIN 47-5001679 (ProPublica: Cultural Fire Management Council, Hoopa CA, 501(c)(3))
What happened
The Cultural Fire Management Council (CFMC) describes itself as "a community based non-profit organization, furthering fire use and cultural resource management." Its site is headed Weitchpec, California. ProPublica lists it in Hoopa, California, under EIN 47-5001679, with tax exemption issued in September 2015. Both places are on or near the Yurok Reservation.
CFMC's stated mission is "to facilitate the practice of cultural burning on the Yurok Reservation and Ancestral lands." It says this leads to a healthier ecosystem, long-term fire protection for residents, and support for traditional hunting and gathering by the Yurok. Margo Robbins is listed as executive director, and Ron Reed as board president.
The site lists programs including family burns, a Training Exchange (TREX), a fuels reduction program, cooperative burns, plant studies and workshops. It also links to a "Yurok Cultural Fire Stewardship Plan." A notice on the site says Sudden Oak Death on the upper reservation means no fall Training Exchange this year, and that CAL FIRE suspended burning in Humboldt County as of June 15, 2026.
CFMC works on stewardship and land management, not title.
Good to know. This group organizes cultural burning and does not hold land title. Its Donate button goes to Every.org, a third-party platform, so check the payee there.
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The mission of the Cultural Fire Management Council (CFMC) is to facilitate the practice of cultural burning on the Yurok Reservation and Ancestral lands
Cultural Fire Management Council - HomeMargo Robbins, Executive Director
Cultural Fire Management Council - AboutRon Reed President
Cultural Fire Management Council - AboutCALFIRE has suspended burning in Humboldt county as of June 15, 2026.
Cultural Fire Management Council - HomeTax exemption issued: Sept. 2015
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - Cultural Fire Management Council
Research notes. Stewardship and cultural fire, not land title. ProPublica lists Hoopa, CA while the site header says Weitchpec; not reconciled. The Donate button goes to Every.org, a third-party platform, and its payee was not confirmed. Described as Yurok-focused; whether staff and board are Yurok citizens was not stated on the pages read.
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- Vetting notes
- 2026-10-17: ProPublica hit lists Hoopa CA while the site header says Weitchpec (same region; not reconciled). Site About page lists board and staff and states the Yurok-focused mission. Donate button on culturalfire.org goes to Every.org (third-party platform); Every.org page was blocked by a security checkpoint, so payee not confirmed. Tie to land return is cultural fire and stewardship, not title transfer. Source: https://www.culturalfire.org/about ("facilitate the practice of cultural burning on the Yurok Reservation and Ancestral lands")
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