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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.

A GIS Analysis of Technically Recoverable Natural Gas and Oil from Challenged Lease Parcels in Utah PDF

On December 19, 2008, BLM issued leases covering close to 150,000 acres in Utah. Plaintiffs have challenged 77 of those leases, totaling around 103,000 acres. The potential natural gas and oil under these contested leases in Utah amounts to a miniscule amount of energy. At best (not taking into account prices or other obstacles to development), these leases could provide 0.02% of annual oil and just 0.5% of annual natural gas consumption.

GIS Analysis of Economically Recoverable Gas and Oil Underneath Colorado's Roan Plateau PDF

This detailed analysis explains how the Bush Administration has dramatically overestimated the amount of gas technically and economically recoverable from the Roan Plateau Planning Area.

The Wildland Fire Challenge: Focus on Reliable Data, Community Protection, and Ecological Restoration PDF

In recent summers, large forest fires have burned millions of acres and hundreds of homes across western states where drought conditions prevail. Alarmed elected officials agree that fuel loads in forests must be reduced to protect communities and restore ecosystems, but they disagree over where and how much.

Energy and Western Wildlands: A GIS Analysis of Economically Recoverable Oil and Gas PDF

This report presents the findings from two analyses conducted by The Wilderness Society in relation to gas and oil resources on public lands in the American West.