The 737 million acres (298 million hectares) of forests in the United States are a rich resource that produces
timber, minerals, wildlife, forage for domestic animals, and water. These forests also provide the environment
for tourism, outdoor recreation, retirement, and a multitude of other uses. Whether the lands are publicly...
This annotated bibliography is collected from professional journals in natural resource management and sociology, conference proceedings, and technical reports. It is categorized into thirteen sections: acceptability, fire in wilderness, general, history, institutions, media, policy, public attitude toward wildfire, public involvement, public perception of prescribed burning, risk perception, social psychology, and...
This proposal by the Coniferous Forest Biome investigators requests support
for the third and fourth years of a highly integrated series of investigations
within the Ecosystem Analysis program of the United States effort under the
International Biological Program. The program for the Coniferous Forest Biome
has been approved by the...