The Hidden Consequences of Fire Suppression

Park Science, 28(3): 75-80, 2012

By: U.S. National Park Service

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/40395
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Wildland-Urban Interface

This article discusses research on the use of computerized models to quantify and monitor the effects of suppressing wildfires, effects of those fires on fuels, and finding results that will have broad national applicability. These methods are being evaluated in the Yosemite and Sequoia – Kings Canyon National Parks.


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