Bridging the worlds of fire managers and researchers: Lessons and opportunities from the wildland fire workshops

General Technical Reports of the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Volumn , Issue 599, 2004, Pages 1-35

  White, Seth M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied research; Communication; Fire; Information; Management; Partnerships; Technology transfer; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WILDFIRE;

EID: 2542505683     PISSN: 00929654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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