Congressional Research Service

CRS Report RL30755
Forest Fire / Wildfire Protection

•Historical Background
•Concerns and Problems
•Fuel Management
•Fire Control
•Wildfire Effects
•Roles and Responsibilities
•Current Issues
•References

CRS Report RS21544 Wildfire Protection Funding

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Order Code RL30755

Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection

Updated February 14, 2005

References

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Carle, David. Burning Questions: America’s Fight With Nature’s Fire. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2002. 298 p.

Chandler, Craig, Phillip Cheney, Philip Thomas, Louis Trabaud, and Dave Williams. Fire In Forestry. Volume I: Forest Fire Behavior and Effects. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1983. 450 p.

Chandler, Craig, Phillip Cheney, Philip Thomas, Louis Trabaud, and Dave Williams. Fire In Forestry. Volume II: Forest Fire Management and Organization. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1983. 298 p.

Gonzalez-Caban, Armando and Philip N. Omi, technical coordinators. Proceedings of the Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy: Bottom Lines. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-173. Berkeley, CA: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Dec. 1999. 332 p.

Kozlowski, T.T. and C.E. Ahlgren, eds. Fire and Ecosystems. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1974. 542 p.

National Academy of Public Administration. Wildfire Suppression: Strategies for Containing Costs. Washington, DC: Sept. 2002. 2 volumes.

Nelson, Robert H. A Burning Issue: A Case for Abolishing the U.S. Forest Service. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2000. 191 p.

O’Toole, Randal. Reforming the Fire Service: An Analysis of Federal Fire Budgets and Incentives. Bandon, OR: Thoreau Institute, July 2002. 53 p.

Pyne, Stephen J. Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982. 654 p.

Pyne, Stephen J., Patricia L. Andrews, and Richard D. Laven. Introduction to Wildland Fire, 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996. 769 p.

Sampson, R. Neil and David L. Adams, eds. Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West: Papers from the American Forests Workshop, November 14th-20th, 1993, Sun Valley, Idaho. New York, NY: Food Products Press, 1994. 461 p.

Sampson, R. Neil, R. Dwight Atkinson, and Joe Lewis, eds. Mapping Wildfire Hazards and Risks. New York, NY: Food Products Press, 2000. 343 p.

Wright, Henry A. and Arthur W. Bailey. Fire Ecology: United States and Southern Canada. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1982. 501 p.