Federal forest-fire policy in the United States

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 532-542

  Stephens, Scott L ^a   Ruth, Lawrence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire hazard; Fire suppression; Forest policy; Fuels management; U.S. government policy; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FORESTRY POLICY; LAND MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15944407217     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0545     Document Type: Review

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