Online Resources

There are numerous resources that exist online, a few of which have already been highlighted on the Applicability page. The following list includes some additional online resources.

Firewise Communities

National Fire Protection Agency

Center for Fire Research and Outreach/ College of Natural Resources/ University of California, Berkeley

Natural Hazards Center/ University of Colorado at Boulder

USDA Forest Service/ Fire and Aviation Management

United States Geological Survey (USGS) / Wildfire

National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)

American Planning Association (APA) / Wildfire planning

 

Bibliography

Michaelsen, J. Webpage: California Vegetation Communities (Accessed December 2007).

Schwab, J., S. Meck, 2005.  Planning for Wildfires.  American Planning Association Report No 529/530.

USGS Western Ecological Research Center/Jon Keeley, Research Ecologist webpage. (Accessed December 2007).

Wallace, Glenda. 2004. Safety Lessons Learned from Southern California Firestorm of 2003 (Wildfire News & Notes – June 2004); Firewise Article Archive

Wikipedia/ Cedar Fire (Accessed December 2007).

Wikipedia/ October 2007 California wildfires (Accessed December 2007).

 

Acknowledgements

Professor Spirn, thank you for the challenge to do something creative for our final project and the inspiration to think more critically about our perceptions of nature. Special thanks to Jase, Ben, and Frank for all of your help with the design and coding. Susie, thanks for the final design review.