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Essential Elements Of Sustainable Fire Management In The Wildland-Urban Interface, Christopher Dicus
Essential Elements Of Sustainable Fire Management In The Wildland-Urban Interface, Christopher Dicus
Christopher Dicus
Fire and fuels management in the wildland-urban interface is a multifaceted aggregation of biophysical and sociopolitical components. To best insure sustainable communities in the wildland-urban interface, stakeholders from a diversity of disciplines and worldviews must collaborate to develop a management plan for a given area that minimizes fire risk while simultaneously maximizing the benefits that distinct vegetation types and structures provide. This paper discusses critical elements that must be considered in order to maintain sustainable communities in the wildland-urban interface. These factors include fuels treatments, suppression forces, enforceable infrastructure and construction standards, and community education, each of which will vary …
Restoration Of Mixed Conifer Communities Using Prescribed Fire In Bryce Canyon National Park, Michael J. Jenkins, Christopher Dicus, Joel E. Godfrey
Restoration Of Mixed Conifer Communities Using Prescribed Fire In Bryce Canyon National Park, Michael J. Jenkins, Christopher Dicus, Joel E. Godfrey
Christopher Dicus
A fire history conducted in the mixed conifer community types of Bryce Canyon National Park found the mean fire-return interval has lengthened from 7.5 to 45 years since 1900. Dendroecology, species, diameter, and age-class analysis showed a change in stand composition in favor of white fir (Abies concolor) and Douglas-fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii) and a 200% increase in fuel accumulation. Recommendations for prescribed burning and mechanical reduction of fuels were incorporated into the Bryce Canyon management plan.