Document

Title

Working toward a fire-permeable landscape - managing wildfire for resource benefits in remote, rural, and urban areas of Alaska
Document Type: Journal Article
Author(s): M. Kwart; M. Warthin
Publication Year: 2010

Cataloging Information

Keyword(s):
  • boreal forests
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • fire case histories
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • land management
  • lightning caused fires
  • tundra
  • wilderness areas
  • wildfires
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Record Maintained By:
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Record Last Modified: June 4, 2019
FRAMES Record Number: 48579
Tall Timbers Record Number: 24749
TTRS Location Status: In-file
TTRS Call Number: A13.32:70/1
TTRS Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission

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Description

From the Conclusion ... 'Managing naturally ignited wildfires specifically for natural resource benefits allows land managers to maintain the important role of fire across the Alaskan landscape even as they protect values at risk -- whether homes at the wildland-urban interface adjacent to wilderness areas, a remote residence, or a historically significant cultural site within a national park and preserve. Using wildfires as an ecological process will promote fire permeability and will help maintain the character of the landscape while accommodating values and resource use.'

Online Link(s):
Link to the full Fire Management Today issue (1.4 MB; pdf)
Citation:
Kwart, M., and M. Warthin. 2010. Working toward a fire-permeable landscape - managing wildfire for resource benefits in remote, rural, and urban areas of Alaska. Fire Management Today, v. 70, no. 1, p. 40-43.