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This
reference
provides
suggestions
for
homeowners
on
how
to
protect
their
houses
and
properties
from
wildfires.
Topics
include
the
particular
risk
of
wildfires
in
the
State
of
Colorado;
construction,
design,
and
materials
that
reduce
fire
susceptibility;
and
landscaping
with
plants
that
are
both
fire-and
drought-resistant.
There
are
also
links
to
information
on
landowner
assistance
programs,
Community
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This
website
provides
tools
for
teaching
forestry
topics.
It
includes
information
about
videos
and
classroom
materials,
teacher
workshops,
grants
and
opportunities,
links
to
other
forestry
sites,
ask-a-forester,
downloadable
newsletters
about
environmental
and
forestry
education,
a
kids
section,
and
downloadable
lesson
plans.
The
lesson
plans
cover
topics
such
as
wood,
timber,
properties
of
wood,
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In
August
of
1988,
the
American
West
burned
as
it
had
not
in
at
least
a
century.
Nowhere
did
the
fires
receive
as
much
attention
as
in
Yellowstone
National
Park,
the
great
icon
of
conservation
and
the
first
national
park
in
the
world.
This
radio
broadcast
discusses
the
controversy
that
itself
roared
when
the
fires
in
Yellowstone
were
eventually
left
to
burn
themselves
out.
National
Park
Service
officials
...
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The
Boulder
County
Wildlife
Mitigation
Group
(BCWMG)
was
formed
in
1989,
shortly
after
the
Black
Tiger
Fire
destroyed
44
homes
and
burned
2,100
mountain
forest
acres
in
the
Sugarloaf
area.
Resulting
cooperation
between
federal,
state
and
local
government
agencies
and
organizations
laid
the
foundation
for
BCWMG,
one
of
the
nation's
oldest
partnered
wildfire
mitigation
groups.
The
group
creates
wildfire
...
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The
Secretaries
of
Agriculture
and
the
Interior
joined
the
Western
Governors'
Association,
National
Association
of
State
Foresters,
National
Association
of
Counties,
and
the
Intertribal
Timber
Council
to
endorse
this
10-Year
Comprehensive
Strategy
to
deal
with
the
wildland
fire
and
hazardous
fuels
situation,
as
well
as
the
needs
for
habitat
restoration
and
rehabilitation
in
the
Nation.
Its
goals
were
...
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This resource references :
National Fire Plan: Managing the Impact of Wildfires on the Communities and the Environment -
http:/
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This
publication
provides
two
lists
of
items
to
consider
when
creating
a
firewise
landscape
and
when
building,
renovating
or
making
aditions
to
a
firewise
home.
Landscaping
issues
include
fuel
reduction,
creating
zones
around
the
home,
and
creating
a
minimum
30-foot
open
area
around
the
home
to
accomodate
fire
equipment.
Construction
issues
include
location,
use
of
fire-resistant
materials,
access,
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This
page,
from
the
University
of
Illinois
Extension,
has
an
animated
cartoon
designed
to
help
young
children
(5-8
years
of
age)
gain
an
appreciation
of
trees,
observe
trees
in
their
every
day
lives
and
develop
an
interest
in
learning
more
about
trees.
It
is
intended
for
adults
to
work
with
children
to
explore
the
wonders
of
trees.
It
meets
several
of
the
Illinois
statewide
learning
goals
for
second
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National Science Education Standards (NSES): Read
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Defensible space is an area around a structure where fuels and vegetation are treated, cleared or reduced to slow the spread of wildfire towards the structure. This fact sheet from the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension provides information for homeowners who wish to create such a space as a precautionary measure to protect their homes from wildfires.
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This site enables access to Local Area, Geographic Area, National, and other related Interagency Wildland Fire Training information. The home page also contains current training news and a comment section.
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These
maps
show
the
distribution
of
forests
for
Africa,
Asia,
Europe,
North
and
Central
America,
Oceania,
and
South
America.
The
maps
were
extracted
from
the
global
forest
cover
map
produced
by
the
Food
and
Agriculture
Organization
(FAO)
of
the
United
Nations
as
part
of
the
Global
Forest
Resources
Assessment
2000.
Dark
green
colors
on
the
maps
indicate
areas
dominated
by
forests,
according
to
the
...
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