Community wildfire protection planning: The importance of framing, scale, and building sustainable capacity

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 415-420

  Williams, Daniel R ^a   Jakes, Pamela J ^b   Burns, Sam ^c   Cheng, Antony S ^d   Nelson, Kristen C ^e   Sturtevant, Victoria ^f   Brummel, Rachel F ^g   Staychock, Emily ^h   Souter, Stephanie G ⁱ  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^h Finger Lakes Community College   (United States)

ⁱ Minnesota GreenCorps Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy forest restoration act; Wildfire planning; Wildland fire; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FOREST HEALTH; FUEL REDUCTION; HEALTHY FOREST RESTORATION ACT; SUSTAINABLE CAPACITY; WILDLAND FIRE; WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY;

FIRES;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WILDFIRE;

CONSERVATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; PLANNING; RESTORATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872248350     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.12-001     Document Type: Article

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