Effects of accelerated wildfire on future fire regimes and implications for the United States federal fire policy

Wildland fire suppression practices in the western United States are being widely scrutinized by policymakers and scientists as costs escalate and large fires increasingly affect social and ecological values. One potential solution is to change current fire suppression tactics to intentionally incre...

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Main Authors: Alan A. Ager, Ana M. G. Barros, Haiganoush K. Preisler, Michelle A. Day, Thomas A. Spies, John D. Bailey, John P. Bolte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2017-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol22/iss4/art12/