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Type: Report
Author(s): US Forest Service
Publication Date: 2022

[from the text] Under this strategy, the Forest Service will work with partners to engineer a paradigm shift by focusing fuels and forest health treatments more strategically and at the scale of the problem, using the best available science as the guide. At the Forest Service, we now have the science and tools we need to size and place treatments in a way that will truly make a difference. We will focus on key “firesheds”—large forested landscapes and rangelands with a high likelihood that an ignition could expose homes, communities, and infrastructure to wildfire. Firesheds, typically about 250,000 acres in size, are mapped to match the scale of community exposure to wildfire.

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Citation: US Forest Service. 2022. Confronting the wildfire crisis: a strategy for protecting communities and improving resilience in America’s forests. FS-1187a. US Forest Service. 47 p.

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Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • climate change
  • fire-adapted communities
  • fireshed
  • forest health
  • fuel treatment
  • ignition
  • land management
  • National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy)
  • resilience
  • wildfires
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FRAMES Record Number: 65392