- Author: Kim Ingram
Published on: December 10, 2021
There is increasing concern about fire hazard from fuels accumulation in riparian areas and what forest landowners can do to manage these areas. Riparian vegetation and forests have ecological importance in terms of water quality and quantity, and wildlife and aquatic habitat. They also have social value such as recreation, natural heritage and aesthetics. These values are important to forest landowners, but is it possible to balance protection of riparian areas with fire hazard reduction?
Historical fire in riparian areas. In the last decade,we've come to better understand fire regimes in riparian areas. Research by
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UCANR: Protecting California's natural resources
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources
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