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The Effect of Wildland Fire on Aquatic Ecosystems in the Western USA

Year: 2003

The workshop on the Effects of Wildland Fire on Aquatic Ecosystems in the Western USA was convened in Boise, Idaho, USA in April 2002 to synthesize the emerging science and discussion relevant to such solutions. The organizing committee invited the authors in this special issue of Forest Ecology and Management to present new work or synthesize the current understanding (or lack of it) regarding the role of disturbance, fire, or fire-related management for aquatic populations, communities, or habitats and the physical and biological processes that maintain them. Scientists and managers…

Fish and Wildlife Habitat

management, wildland fire, synthesis

Publication Type: Journal Article

Social science in fuel management: an annotated bibliography of prescribed fire

Year: 2002

This annotated bibliography is collected from professional journals in natural resource management and sociology, conference proceedings, and technical reports. It is categorized into thirteen sections: acceptability, fire in wilderness, general, history, institutions, media, policy, public attitude toward wildfire, public involvement, public perception of prescribed burning, risk perception, social psychology, and wildland-urban interface.

Prescribed Burning, Public Perceptions of Fire and Smoke, Social and Community Impacts of Fire

management, Wildland-urban interface (WUI)

Publication Type: Report