Fact sheet: Roads and wildfire- A proven relationship

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A fact sheet on the relationship between roads, forests and wildfires.




 

      
 
        
  

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At a Glance

Some key take-aways from this article include:

  • Roaded forests are at a greater risk of experiencing wildfires than unroaded forest.

    Human-ignited wildfire is almost  five times more likely to occur in a roaded area than in a roadless area.

    There are 375,000 miles of roads in our national forests.