Rethinking the Wildland Fire Management System

Abstract In the western United States and elsewhere, the need to change society’s relationship with wildfire is well-recognized. Suppressing fewer fires in fire-prone systems is promoted to escape existing feedback loops that lead to ever worsening conditions and increasing risks to responders and c...

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Published in:	Journal of forestry Vol. 116; no. 4; pp. 382 - 390
Main Authors:	Thompson, Matthew P, MacGregor, Donald G, Dunn, Christopher J, Calkin, David E, Phipps, John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	US Oxford University Press 29.06.2018 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Accountability Agricultural management Agriculture Decision making Emergency management Enterprise risk management Environmental restoration Escape systems Federal agencies Feedback loops Fires Forest & brush fires forestry forests issues and policy management systems Prescribed fire solar radiation USDA Wildfires wildland wildland fire management United States > US systems thinking suppression risk management resiliency restoration
ISSN:	0022-1201, 1938-3746, 1938-3746
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