Living with wildfire in Log Hill Mesa, Colorado / James R. Meldrum [and five others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Meldrum, James R., author.

Contributor:

Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.), issuing body.

Series:

Research note RMRS ; 66.

Research note RMRS ; 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildland-urban interface--Colorado.

Wildland-urban interface.

Wildfires--Colorado.

Wildfires.

Wildfires--Colorado--Prevention and control--Costs.

Wildfires--Prevention and control--Costs.

Colorado.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (34 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Fort Collins, CO : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, December 2013.

Summary:

Over the past 50 years, Colorado has experienced an increase in the number and size of wildfires on its public and private lands. Nationwide, expenditures on wildfire suppression have increased for decades and now are measured in the billions of tax dollars. Current trends in climate changes, fuel accumulation from past wildfire suppression, and expansion of the wildland-urban interface (WUI), which means more development within areas of heightened wildfire potential, all suggest that continued increases in the costs of wildfires are likely.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 15).

Online resource, PDF version; title from caption (viewed on Jan. 28, 2014).

OCLC:

869308481