Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Southwest Fire
A continuing management strategy for responding to wildfires in forests of the Southwest is to suppress them as aggressively as possible.
- Read on for modern-day examples of fire suppression:
- Sanderson, J.E. 1974. The role of fire suppression in fire management. This article argues that suppression is still an active forest fire management strategy. (7-page, 1.2-Mb pdf file, password protected)
- Firefighters gaining on northern Arizona wildfires: This 1996 Arizona Daily Star article describes the huge fire fighting effort of that year, indicating that suppression is still an active forest fire management strategy. (309-word html file)
- Costly battles rekindles let-hit-burn controversy: This 1994 Arizona Daily Star article details arguments along both economic and ecological lines about fire suppression vs. let burn or prescribed burn fire management strategies. (1,799-word html file)
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