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The Ecological Importance of Severe Wildfires: Some Like it Hot

Year: 2008
Many scientists and forest land managers concur that past fire suppression, grazing, and timber harvesting practices have created unnatural and unhealthy conditions in the dry, ponderosa pine forests of the western United States. Specifically, such forests are said to carry higher fuel loads and experience fires that are more severe than those that occurred historically. It remains unclear, however, how far these generalizations can be extrapolated in time and space, and how well they apply to the more mesic ponderosa pine systems and to other forest systems within the western United States.…
Fish and Wildlife Habitat, Mixed-Conifer Management
fire regimes, fire severity, wildlife
Publication Type: Journal Article

Barriers to wildland fire use: a preliminary problem analysis

Year: 2006
Fuels and Fuel Treatments, Risk Assessment and Analysis
wildland fire, fire suppression, management
Publication Type: Journal

Smoke on the hill: A comparative study of wildfire and two communities

Year: 2003
Wildfire represents a serious challenge to communities in the rural West. After decades of fire suppression, land managers now perceive a greater role for wildfire in the ecosystem. In the meantime, migration patterns from urban to rural settings have increased the number of people living in forested areas throughout the West, therefore; wildfires are a threat to more homes than ever in the region. This study focuses on two communities’ response to wildfires during the intense fire season of 1994. Through qualitative research methods, the study analyzes these diverse responses in the context…
Public Perceptions of Fire and Smoke, Social and Community Impacts of Fire
fire suppression, community, human dimensions
Publication Type: Journal Article