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Managing the impact of wildfires on communities and the environment
| Author: |
National Fire Plan |
| Date: |
2000 |
| Periodical: |
A Report to the President in Response to the Wildfires of 2000. 35 p. |
| Abstract: |
On August 8, 2000, President Clinton asked Secretaries Babbitt and Glickman to prepare a report that recommends how best to respond to this year�s severe fires, reduce the impacts of these wildland fires on rural communities, and ensure sufficient firefighting resources in the future.<br><br>The President also asked for short-term actions that Federal agencies, in cooperation with States, local communities and Tribes, can take to reduce immediate hazards to communities in the wildland-urban interface and to ensure that land managers and firefighter personnel are prepared for extreme fire conditions in the future. |
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