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Fire ecology of vegetation common to wildland home sites
| Author: |
Arno, S.F. and R.H. Wakimoto |
| Date: |
1987 |
| Periodical: |
In: Symposium and Workshop on Protecting People and Homes from Wildfire in the Interior West;1987 October 6-8; Missouls, MT. |
| Abstract: |
A synopsis of fire history and implications for fire management is presented for six major vegetation types of the interior West that contain large numbers of homes. For thousands of years prior to 1900, these vegetation types burned periodically. During the current century, however, fire has been suppressed and fuels have been accumulating, increasing the hazard of uncontrollable fire. Homeowners can greatly reduce the threat of severe fire damage by thinning and otherwise managing their wildland surroundings. |
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