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Wildland-Urban Interface: The Problem, Trends, & Solutions (slides)

February 2021

Slide show: The wildland-urban interface is growing and wildfires are causing cause more damage. Land use planning is an important solution.

Wildfire Risk Report for every U.S. community

February 2021

A new report in our Economic Profile System provides community-level data about wildfire hazard and potentially vulnerable populations.

Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations: Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee

June 2020

Wildland firefighters get supplies ready to suppress a wildfire.

Testimony on wildfires and vulnerable populations to a forum before the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Federal wildfire policy and the legacy of suppression

April 2020

Air tanker drops fire retardant on the Willow Fire near North Fork, CA in 2015.

Federal wildfire policy that emphasizes suppression—a legacy of early-1900s forest management—has resulted in a paradox: accumulated fuels and larger, more severe wildfires.

Preparing for wildfires during a pandemic

April 2020

A column of wildfire smoke rises behind houses in a residential neighborhood.

Managing wildfires during a pandemic will test the capacity of our first responders, but individual homeowners can take steps now to reduce wildfire risks.

The Rising Cost of Wildfire Protection

June 2013

This report describes how the protection of homes in the Wildland-Urban Interface has added to wildfire costs and concludes with a discussion of solutions that may help control escalating risks and expenses.

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