Between a rock and a hard place: Toward a more effective protection strategy as wildfire threats intensify

Jerry T. Williams

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Between a rock and a hard place: Toward a more effective protection strategy as wildfire threats intensify

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jerry T. Williams

Year:

2015

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Keane, Robert E.; Jolly, Matt; Parsons, Russell; Riley, Karin. Proceedings of the large wildland fires conference; May 19-23, 2014; Missoula, MT. Proc. RMRS-P-73. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 1-11.

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Abstract

In an era when preparedness budgets have never been higher, when cooperation between partners has never been better, when predictive models have never been more sophisticated, and when technological support has never been more available ... we are suffering from the worst wildfires since America organized to eliminate the large fire problem at the turn of the last century.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the large wildland fires conference; May 19-23, 2014; Missoula, MT

Keywords

fire ecology, fire behavior, smoke management, fire management, social and political consequences

Citation

Williams, Jerry T. 2015. Between a rock and a hard place: Toward a more effective protection strategy as wildfire threats intensify. In: Keane, Robert E.; Jolly, Matt; Parsons, Russell; Riley, Karin. Proceedings of the large wildland fires conference; May 19-23, 2014; Missoula, MT. Proc. RMRS-P-73. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 1-11.