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Public involvement in fire management
| Author: |
Chambers, V. |
| Date: |
1992-93 |
| Periodical: |
Fire Management Notes |
| Abstract: |
Fire managers cannot afford to rest on the laurels of a successful and decades-old fire suppression program. Managers need to move at times from the public information end of the continuum to true public involvement where the public is engaged with us in dialogue about larger societal questions: How much fire suppression and at what cost? How do we preserve national "shrines" like Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks for human enjoyment without compromising ecological integrity? What do we need to forgo (for example, some level of air quality for a reduction in fuels in the urban-wildland interface) in order to protect something, or can we have both? |
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