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CA Schultz, MP Thompson, SM McCaffrey - Fire ecology, 2019 - Springer

Forest Service fire management and the elusiveness of change.

Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity AND Program Evaluation

McCaffrey, Schultz, Thompson

GSID: 3S9zRCCziGMJ

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There is broad recognition that fire management in the United States must fundamentally change and depart from practices that have led to an over-emphasis on suppression and limited the presence of fire in forested ecosystems. In this paper, we look at competing problem definitions in US Forest Service policy for fire management, the presence of goal ambiguity, and how these factors can explain why changes in fire management have been elusive, despite policy change. We consider US Forest Service fire policies, performance …

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