UC Cooperative Extension works with fire safe councils to reduce wildfires

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" UC Cooperative Extension works with fire safe councils to reduce wildfires "
Nader, Glenn A; De Lasaux, Michael

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	944910
Doc. No	:	LA0fg1t0hr
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Nader, Glenn A; De Lasaux, Michael
Title & Author	:	UC Cooperative Extension works with fire safe councils to reduce wildfires [Article]\ Nader, Glenn A; De Lasaux, Michael
Title of Periodical	:	California Agriculture
Volume/ Issue Number	:	69/1
Date	:	2015
Abstract	:	In Plumas, Butte and Yuba counties, UC Cooperative Extension advisors have collaborated with fire safe councils to mitigate the risk of wildfire in local communities. They have determined the educational needs within the communities, obtained grant funding and worked collaboratively with the councils to deliver education and applied research programs that have helped homeowners and landowners take action to reduce their vulnerability to the risk of wildfires. Home structures have been modified to improve their fire resistance, fuel reduction programs have been adopted by local communities and maintained, communities have been mapped for evacuation plans and fuel breaks have been constructed on private and public forestland. Several wildfires, including the Marysville fire in 2006 and the Yuba fire in 2009, were slowed or stopped because of measures taken, showing the value of investment in pre-fire planning and actions.