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Topic(s):
Fire Communication & Education
Fire & Recreation
Human Dimensions of Fire Management

Record updated:
NRFSN number: 18193

Recreation: Social Aspects of Fire: Fire events often have a large impact on recreation and tourism. Local and visiting populations are affected by the impacts, which include short and long-term biophysical effects, indirect effects of fire operations, fuel treatments, area closures, and other disruptions to human systems. However, little research on these impacts has been conducted. Specific information and resulting management tools are needed regarding constituent perceptions about fire suppression, post-fire forest health issues, beliefs about recreation activities, and beliefs about impacts to fire-prone ecosystems in the wildland-urban interface.

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