Waltz, A.E.M. (2012) Fact Sheet: Impacts of fire hazard assessment and fuel reduction priorities on mega-fire* outcomes: A hypothetical test using the Wallow Fire in Arizona. Other. NAU Ecological Restoration Institute.
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Abstract
In response to Congress, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), United States Forest Service (USFS) has developed a process for prioritizing and allocating funding for fuel reduction treatments. The national level process assesses fire hazard (using fire simulation modeling) and combines it with other factors to inform national level budget allocations for hazardous fuels programs to the USFS Regions. Allocation processes at regional and federal forest levels incorporate additional local values at risk, both social and economic, and prioritization assessments. These processes are not standardized among regions in order to allow for the inherent variability at finer scales.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Other) |
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| Keywords: | ERI Library, fact sheet, Wallow fire |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SD Forestry |
| NAU Depositing Author Academic Status: | Faculty/Staff |
| Department/Unit: | Research Centers > Ecological Restoration Institute |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2015 06:10 |
| URI: | http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/1263 |
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