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Latest Library Content from the Wildland Fire issue

Northern California Wildfire Teleconference AUDIO

 Northern California is again entering a long wildfire season with high heat and drought conditions expected well into fall. But a Wilderness Society teleconference featured experts that discussed how some communities and firefighting policies are changing the way wildfires are fought — still keeping communities safe as a top priority while also preserving forests. Listen to the teleconference.

Land and Water Conservation Fund PDF

An overview of the Land & Water Conservation Fund — its origins and history, how it has been underfunded, and what can be done to restore it.

Panel discusses pine beetle outbreak AUDIO

Listen in on a panel discussion hosted by The Wilderness Society on the pine beetle problem and how the federal government and local communities can work together to protect people, property and natural resources.

Climate Change Facts: Delving into carbon cycling, wildfire and fossil fuel

America’s forests play a critical role in the national debate about the effects of global warming. The following TWS fact sheets provide an overview of several key issues relating to the relationship among carbon cycling, wildfires and fossil fuels.

Wildland-Urban Interface Maps Vary with Purpose and Context PDF

Wildland-urban interface (WUI) are areas where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland. Maps of the WUI are both policy tools and powerful visual images. Although the growing number of WUI maps serve similar purposes, this article indicates that WUI maps derived from the same data sets can differ in important ways related to their original intended application.

Example of The Wilderness Society’s Community Fire Mapping MAP PDF

Public Lands Briefing Book for 111th Congress PDF

With Congress back in session, our staff and policy experts have been working full-speed with members of the presidential transition team and with members of Congress to prepare them on steps they can quickly take to right many of the environmental wrongs of the past eight years.

Learn From the Burn Podcast AUDIO

As fire season heats up, we hear less about the benefit of controlled burns. But here's the story of a fire gone right. This podcast addresses how controlled burns are restoring the Los Padres National Forest.

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