Protecting and Landscaping Homes in the Wildland/Urban Interface
Discusses preventative landscape design and other precautions to protect homes near the western wilderness from forest fires.
This 24-page articles examines the threat of wild fires in the western forests of the United States, along with preventative landscape design and other methods for protecting and minimizing damage to homes. Discusses before, during , and after fire procedures for homeowners to follow in the case of forest fires to protect their family and property. The article includes a list of suggested fire-resistive herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees that could be used in the inland west landscape. It also contains a safety procedures checklist for a homeowner to follow before and when threatened by a wild fire, along with a notes page for emergency contact information. 10.88" x 8.38"
C. Schnepf, Y.C. Barkley, J. Cohen
January 2005
Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station Bulletin
No. 67 January, 2005
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Pamphlet/Flyer/Factsheet
Fire, Safety Issues, Landscape Design
Western
Firewise, Firewise, Planning, Planning, Property protection, Property protection, Protective measure, Protective measure
MW: F-PAMP-ID-05-001
MWCU&CF
