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  • Invasive Plant Management and Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation: A Review and Status Report with Strategic Recommendations for Improvement

    Creator:
    Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
    Abstract:
    In 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Conservation Objectives Team (COT) identified wildfire and the associated conversion of low- to mid-elevation sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) habitats to invasive annual grass-dominated vegetation communities as the two primary threats to the sustainability of Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus, hereafter GRSG) in the...
    Resource Type:
    Technical Report
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    Fish and Wildlife Agencies • Wildfire and Invasive Species Initiative – Working Group © N O PP AD O

  • Clackamas County Community Wildfire Protection Plan

    Creator:
    Clackamas County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Committee
    Abstract:
    The Clackamas CWPP is a consolidated reference documenting wildfire hazards, prevention and response efforts, and resource sharing information for all participating local, state and federal fire agencies. It improves upon historical fire planning efforts by providing a more localized and accurate approach for determining wildfire hazards and implementing best practices...
    Resource Type:
    Working Paper
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    .................................................................................................... v Related Policies: Community Wildfire Protection Plans

  • Baker County Community Wildfire Protection Plan

    Creator:
    Baker County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Core Planning Committee
    Abstract:
    This plan will not be legally binding in any way; its role is to be viewed as a working document that serves as a planning tool for the fire and land managers of Baker County (see the Promulgation Statement on p. i and the Signature Page on p. ii of...
    Resource Type:
    Technical Report
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    Baker County Community Wildfire Protection Plan A working document that will serve as a resource for

  • Morrow County, Oregon Community Wildfire Protection Plan

    Creator:
    Morrow County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Team
    Abstract:
    The Morrow County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is the result of a countywide effort initiated to reduce wildland fire risk to communities and their citizens, the environment, and quality of life within Morrow County. Citizens, fire districts, county staff or elected officials, and agency representatives have worked together to...
    Resource Type:
    Working Paper
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    pose. The Morrow County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is the result of a countywide

  • A Microeconomic Analysis of Wildfire Suppression Programs in the Western United States

    Creator:
    Rossi, David J.
    Abstract:
    This dissertation studies the microeconomics of forest fire suppression programs. It starts with an inquiry into the causes of increasing shares of public land management budgets devoted to wildland fire suppression in lieu of hazardous fuel reduction or other pre-fire risk mitigation programs. The first two chapters consider competing economic...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    . Title: A Microeconomic Analysis of Wildfire Suppression Programs in the Western United States

  • Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in Federal East-Side Cascade Forests

    Creator:
    Gagnon, Aaron R.
    Abstract:
    In this thesis I examine the question: can allowing a wildfire to burn this year result in a net positive economic gain? To answer this question I created 2,500 multiple sets of paired scenarios (called a fire of interest) which consist of ignitions, vegetation growth, and timber harvest over the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Management presented on December 10, 2015 Title: Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in

  • LaPine Community Wildfire Protection Plan

    Creator:
    Lighthall, Kate
    Abstract:
    The mission of the Greater La Pine Community Wildfire Protection Plan is to protect against loss of life, property and natural resources as the result of wildland fire. This CWPP outlines priorities, strategies and action plans for fuels reduction treatments in the wildland urban interface. It also addresses special areas...
    Resource Type:
    Working Paper
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    Greater La Pine Community Wildfire Protection Plan December 13, 2005 Prepared by

  • Ashland Community Wildfire Protection Plan

    Creator:
    City of Ashland
    Abstract:
    Ashland Community Wildfire Protection Plan, September 2004. Jackson County, Oregon.
    Resource Type:
    Working Paper
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    Chapter 8 Community Wildfire Protection Plan: Living with

  • Sisters Community Wildfire Protection Plan

    Creator:
    Kauffman, Marcus
    Abstract:
    The purpose of the Greater Sisters Country CWPP is to protect human life and reduce property loss due to catastrophic wildland fire in the communities and surrounding areas of the Sisters/Camp Sherman, Black Butte Ranch, and Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection Districts. Although reducing the threat of wildland fire is the...
    Resource Type:
    Working Paper
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    Greater Sisters Country Community Wildfire Protection Plan June 21, 2005 Updated 2006

  • Applegate Community Wildfire Protection Plan

    Creator:
    Applegate Partnership, Shaffer, Sandy, Shipley, Jack, and Coogle, Diana
    Abstract:
    The Applegate Fire Plan is a collaborative effort, hatched from an idea that was developed jointly by local citizens and federal agency folks in the Spring of 2001. Due to wide-spread participation throughout the Applegate Valley, general project coordination was organized by the Applegate Partnership, a non-profit communitybased group founded...
    Resource Type:
    Working Paper
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    Applegate 119 6. During a Fire Event (Escape Routes, Safety Zones, and Evacuation) 123 7. When Wildfire