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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): J. Williams
Publication Date: 2005

From the text ... 'At a time when wildfire potential has never been greater, social expectations for protection have never been higher and political tolerance for failure has never been lower. ...We are at a crossroads: We must look beyond our fire policies if we hope to protect, fire-dependent forests and grasslands. ...Nearly all of the homes that burned in California in October 2003, by virtue of their setting or construction, were vulnerable to loss. ...Overcrowded forests adapted by low-intensity burning won't thrive if simply left to burn.'

Citation: Williams, J. 2005. Reconciling frictions in policy to sustain fire-dependent ecosystems. Fire Management Today, v. 65, no. 4, p. 4-8.

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Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Keywords:
  • Arizona
  • biomass
  • catastrophic fires
  • chaparral
  • Colorado
  • community ecology
  • coniferous forests
  • droughts
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • fire case histories
  • fire damage (property)
  • fire dependent species
  • fire frequency
  • fire management
  • fire policy
  • fire regimes
  • fire size
  • fire suppression
  • firefighting personnel
  • Foehn winds
  • forest management
  • fuel accumulation
  • fuel management
  • fuel types
  • grasslands
  • Idaho
  • land management
  • Montana
  • mosaic
  • natural areas management
  • natural resource legislation
  • New Mexico
  • Oregon
  • population density
  • prescribed fires (escaped)
  • rate of spread
  • stand characteristics
  • urban habitats
  • wildfires
  • wildlife habitat management
Tall Timbers Record Number: 18330 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.32:65/4 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 43151

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