Great Camas Prairie near Fairfield was for untold generations a gathering place and foraging area for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and visiting tribal nations. These days it is mostly covered in private farms and ranches.

Native people continue to journey here to the remaining 6,240-acre Centennial Marsh Wildlife Management Area for camas bulb gathering and cultural celebrations. They also come to the prairie to conduct scientific research, including research based on traditional ecological knowledge.

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are engaged with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, plant scientists and other partners to study the effectiveness of traditional Indigenous methods to protect native camas plants from a rampant invasion of a non-native grass species known as Garrison’s Creepi

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