Making fire and fire surrogate science available: A summary of regional workshops with clients

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 727, 2007, Pages 1-59

  Youngblood, Andrew ^a   Bigler Cole, Heidi ^a   Fettig, Christopher J ^b   Fiedler, Carl ^c   Knapp, Eric E ^b   Lehmkuhl, John F ^d   Outcalt, Kenneth W ^e   Skinner, Carl N ^b   Stephens, Scott L ^f   Waldrop, Thomas A ^g  

^a Pacific Northwest Research Station   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication plans; Fire and fire surrogate study; Forest restoration treatments; Fuel reduction treatments; Participatory management; Science delivery

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SURROGATE METHOD; WILDFIRE;

EID: 34548768719     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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