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Counties On Fire
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Counties On Fire
PAUL HESSBURG: WASHINGTON'S FORESTS - EAST OF THE CASCADES...FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE
"Over the last 100 years, we have seen a literal epidemic of young trees filling in our forests. When
Collaboration
Rodney Smoldon: The Challenge Of Wildfires In Eastern WA
Evergreen: Let’s talk about the A to Z project for a moment. The litigators who refuse to collaborate were
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Conclusion
CONTROLLING SUPPRESSION COSTS As this paper has demonstrated, there are a number of socioenvironmental, institutional, and operational factors that are
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Executive Summary
Wildfire suppression costs are soaring to over one billion tax dollars per year. This is causing a fiscal crisis in
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 3
INSTITUTIONAL COST FACTORS: PERVERSE INCENTIVES, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, AND COST-SHARE AGREEMENTS Congressional Blank Check for Suppression Several critics have focused on
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 2
SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL COST FACTORS: FUELS, HOMES, AND CLIMATE CHANGE Fuels Accumulation Coinciding with the rise of wildfire activity in the late
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 1
INTRODUCTION: BIG FIRES=BIGGER COSTS In 1908 a Congressional legislative rider created the Forest Fires Emergency Act that gave the
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 5
LESSONS LEARNED, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, SUMMARY Wildfire activity has increased in the U.S. over the last 20 years,
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 4
OPERATIONAL COST FACTORS: EXTERNAL PRESSURES, MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND RISK-AVERSION, WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND TACTICS Human Factors The human dimensions of
Counties On Fire
Why Are Our Forests Burning?
Of all the human events that have altered the character of western forests, including a century of timber harvesting and
Counties On Fire
Firestorm: The Tragic Account of a Forest Fire "Blowup"
Next to a nuclear explosion, there is no more lethal killing force on earth than a big forest fire. The
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Restoring The West's National Forests: Part 1
Since its inception in the aftermath of the Great 1910 Fire, the nation’s forest fire-fighting policy has been closely