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Attitudes toward prescribed fire policies
Document Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Michael J. Manfredo; Martin Fishbein; Glenn E. Hass; Alan E. Watson
Publication Year: 1990

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Keyword(s):
  • aesthetics
  • catastrophic fires
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • education
  • fire management planning
  • forest management
  • land management
  • lightning caused fires
  • national parks
  • public information
  • public opinion
  • sampling
  • statistical analysis
  • wilderness fire management
  • wildfires
  • Wyoming
  • Yellowstone National Park
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ANNOTATION: This article discusses social considerations with respect to public wildland forest fire policy. Social attitudes, beliefs and behavioral intentions of wildland fire are described as well as the public's knowledge of the effects of fire. This study details these social issues with regards to the 'let burn' policy and the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park.

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Manfredo, Michael J.; Fishbein, Martin; Hass, Glenn E.; Watson, Alan E. 1990. Attitudes Toward Prescribed Fire Policies. Journal of Forestry 88(7):19-23.