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Glenn, Yung, Wyborn, Williams
Addressing the challenges of wildland fire requires that fire science be relevant to management and integrated into management decisions. Co-production is often touted as a process that can increase the utility of science for management, by…
Type: Document
Year: 2022
A 10-year review of accidents and incidents within the USDA Forest Service wildland fire system.
This document seeks to describe the wildland fire system and culture within which U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service employees operate. To…
Type: Document
Year: 2022
Trauernicht, Pickett, Beimler, Giardina, Cordell, Friday, Moller, Litton
Wildland fire is a significant and growing threat to communities and natural resources on Hawai i and the U.S.- affiliated Pacific Islands, including Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the…
Type: Document
Year: 2018
Lake, Wright, Morgan, McFadzen, McWethy, Stevens-Rumann
Indigenous peoples' detailed traditional knowledge about fire, although superficially referenced in various writings, has not for the most part been analyzed in detail or simulated by resource managers, wildlife biologists, and ecologists…. Instead…
Type: Document
Year: 2017
Semeraro, Mastroleo, Aretano, Facchinetti, Zurlini, Petrosillo
A significant threat to the natural and cultural heritage of Mediterranean natural protected areas (NPAs) is related to uncontrolled fires that can cause potential damages related to the loss or a reduction of ecosystems. The assessment and mapping…
Type: Document
Year: 2016
Martínez-Torres, Castillo, Ramírez, Perez-Salicrup
The use of fire for traditional agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry is highly important to farmers in developing countries where this practice is continuously blamed as being the main cause of forest fires. That is the case in the Monarch…
Type: Document
Year: 2016
Seijo, Millington, Gray, Sanz, Lozano, García-Serrano, Sangüesa-Barreda, Camarero
Human beings have used fire as an ecosystem management tool for thousands of years. In the context of the scientific and policy debate surrounding potential climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, the importance of the impact of…
Type: Document
Year: 2015
Larkin, Beier
Wilderness perception studies provide valuable insights on the relationship between recreational or cultural experiences and natural settings. Although this approach has been little used in the management and planning of protected areas, it has…
Type: Document
Year: 2014
Holdsambeck
How an organization responds to an unintended outcome (such as a serious accident) will vector the organization either towards, or away from, a learning culture. The FLA process came about specifically to move our culture towards becoming a learning…
Type: Media
Year: 2013
Anderson, Prince, Ray, Sutton, Watland
The Southern Blue Ridge (SBR) Ecoregion's forested landscape (portions of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia) is comprised of intact temperate forest over a diversity of landforms, elevation zones, and bedrock geologies…
Type: Document
Year: 2013