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Wildfire Hearing, June 19, 2007 - National Association of Conservation Districts
Conservation districts’ efforts offer tremendous opportunities to reduce catastrophic wildland fires and restore forest, woodland, and rangeland health. In recognition of ... wildland fire management. Conservation districts also support other collaborative efforts of the Interior and Agriculture Departments in conducting fuel reduction treatments in the urban wildland interface ...
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WiNR: There is an encroaching urban/wildland interface in our nation’s forests which is increasing the vulnerability of these homes to ... fuel loads. The American Forests organization advocates the thinning of hazardous fuels in the urban/wildland interface and the removal of small-diameter trees as methods to reduce the risk of ...
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CBCN: Coming Events
October 2004 Ventura, California 2004 Cal-IPC Symposium "Invasive Plants and the Wildland-Urban Interface" For more information:http://groups.ucanr.org/ceppc/2004_Symposium/ 13-16 October 2004 Chicago, Illinois ...
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service :: Fire Management Home Page
The U.S. Fish and Wildland Service Fire Management Program protects more than 700 communities and wildland-urban interface areas. Historically, an acre ...
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SAF - Policy and Press: PREPARING A COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN
PREPARING A COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN PREPARING A COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN A Handbook for Wildland-Urban Interface Communities Sponsored By: Communities Committee Society of American Foresters National Association of Counties National Association ...
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SAF - Policy and Press: Position Statements - Wildfire Management
When fires occur in the proximity of residences, called the wildland-urban interface, risks and cost escalate even higher, adding to the complexity of fire management. Across ... residences, in the wildland-urban interface, have added to the complexity of fire management.  Education efforts are needed to inform these people of the risks of living in wildland fire prone ...
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California's urban protected areas: Progress despite daunting pressures
Los Angeles region, sometimes invading residential areas. However, the worst recent fire on the urban-wildland interface was in the San Francisco Bay Area. It started just outside one of the ... Forest Service established a Wildland Recreation and Urban Cultures Research Unit in the Los Angeles area to formulate "effective visitor management strategies for high-use wildland recreation areas with an ...
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Background paper: Cities and conservation in Mediterranean-type ecosystems
However, fires along the urban-wildland interface and in forest settlements can be very destructive of human life and property. Fire ... T. Brinkhoff, “The Principal Agglomerations of the World,” www. citypopulation.de, 16 September 2003. “Urban agglomerations” include the central city and neighboring communities linked to it. (Many other ...
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Urban Conservation Issues - National Association of Conservation Districts
Agriculture » Agriculture Farm Bill Grazing and Rangelands Urban and Community » Urban and Community Population Growth Resource Concerns Districts' Role ... Quality Growth Management Land Reclamation Open Space Transportation Urban Forestry and Green Infrastructure Urban-Rural Interface Urban Soils Urban-Wildland Interface Urban Wildlife Waste Management Water Quality and Quantity Partners: NCDEA | ...
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Firewise Communities
Fire, families and decisions) Research/Education "Public Safety in the Urban–Wildland Interface: Should Fire-Prone Communities Have a Maximum Occupancy?" by Thomas J. Cova – This ... of Wildfire) "Shelter-in-Place as a Mitigation Strategy For Communities in the Wildland/Urban Interface" by Keith Worley, Forester and resident of Perry Park CO (Firewise Community/USA) ( ...
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