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The politics of wildfire: Lessons from Yellowstone
| Author: |
Lichtman, P. |
| Date: |
1998 |
| Periodical: |
Journal of Forestry |
| Abstract: |
Land managers and ecologists generally agree that the 19 88 fires in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem were an ecologically important part of a natural disturbance pattern and that little could have been done to stop them. For policymakers, however, the fires were a major public relations failure. Land managers and ecologists need to understand how citizens' and politicians' view of wildfire as a crisis can undermine the stability of natural resource agencies, then find ways to build support for natural fire. |
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