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Strategic Land Purchases Lower San Diego Fire Risk

2016 Research Brief

Description

Conservation purchases focused on lands with high fire hazard, low costs, and high probabilities of subdivision, can reduce fire risk at the county scale.

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Author

This brief was written by Jon Keeley, Marti Witter, and Liz van Mantgem, and produced by the CFSC.

Contact

For more information, contact: jon_keeley@usgs.gov, marti_witter@nps.gov, evanmantgem@usgs.gov 

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Butsic, V., A.D. Syphard, A. Bar-Massada, J. E. Keeley. 2016. Can private land conservation reduce wildfire risk to homes? A case study in San Diego County, California, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 157:161-169.  

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