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Type: Conference Paper
Author(s): Jerry T. Williams
Coordinator(s): James K. Brown; Robert W. Mutch; Charles W. Spoon; Ronald H. Wakimoto
Publication Date: 1995

From the text ... 'The 1988 fire season showed us much about the importance of basing decisions on fire regimes and their associated fire behavior characteristics. Although our policies are necessarily broad, we are learnng that implementation of programs must be based on the fire regimes and fire dynamics that represent the area under consideration.'

Citation: Williams, J. T. 1995. Managing risk in wilderness fire, in Brown, J. K., Mutch, R. W., Spoon, C. W., and Wakimoto, R. H., Proceedings: symposium on fire in wilderness and park management. Missoula, MT. USDA Forest Service, Internountain Research Station,Ogden, UT. p. 22-23,General Technical Report INT-GTR-320.

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Topics:
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • catastrophic fires
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire regimes
  • fire size
  • forest management
  • fuel management
  • ignition
  • lightning caused fires
  • national forests
  • season of fire
  • US Forest Service
  • wilderness areas
  • wilderness fire management
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 24003Location Status: In-fileCall Number: A13.88:INT-320Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 47966

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