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Sharon Friedman asked a very timely question on her July 17 Smokey Wire post... “How unique is the new Montana
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Northern Idaho’s 1967 Sundance Fire will be remembered in four solemn ceremonies later this month, including one honoring the
"Over the last 100 years, we have seen a literal epidemic of young trees filling in our forests. When
Evergreen: Let’s talk about the A to Z project for a moment. The litigators who refuse to collaborate were
CONTROLLING SUPPRESSION COSTS As this paper has demonstrated, there are a number of socioenvironmental, institutional, and operational factors that are
OPERATIONAL COST FACTORS: EXTERNAL PRESSURES, MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND RISK-AVERSION, WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND TACTICS Human Factors The human dimensions of
LESSONS LEARNED, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, SUMMARY Wildfire activity has increased in the U.S. over the last 20 years,
INTRODUCTION: BIG FIRES=BIGGER COSTS In 1908 a Congressional legislative rider created the Forest Fires Emergency Act that gave the
INSTITUTIONAL COST FACTORS: PERVERSE INCENTIVES, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, AND COST-SHARE AGREEMENTS Congressional Blank Check for Suppression Several critics have focused on
Wildfire suppression costs are soaring to over one billion tax dollars per year. This is causing a fiscal crisis in
SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL COST FACTORS: FUELS, HOMES, AND CLIMATE CHANGE Fuels Accumulation Coinciding with the rise of wildfire activity in the late
The claim that ailing western forests can heal themselves if they are left alone seems based on a belief that
Since its inception in the aftermath of the Great 1910 Fire, the nation’s forest fire-fighting policy has been closely
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