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Social and Community Impacts of Wildfire

A team of scientists led by Project social scientist Daniel R. Williams is examining ways to assess and monitor the social and community impacts of large wildfires that occurred during the 2000 fire season in the northern Rockies . The work originally focused on four case studies in that region but was expanded to include the Hayman Fire ( Colorado ) and the Rodeo-Chedeski Fire ( Arizona ) from the 2002 fire season. See also Communications and Public Understanding of Wildfire for related publications on this topic.

Selected Publications

• Cohn, P., Williams, D. R., & Carroll, M. (in press). Wildfire risk and attribution: Viewpoints of wildland-urban interface residents. In: Martin, W., Raish, C., & Kent , B. Wildfire and fuels management: Risk and human reaction. Santa Fe , NM , December 1-3, 2004.

• McCool, S. F., Burchfield, J., Williams, D. R., Carroll, M. (2006). An event-based approach for examining the effects of wildland fire decisions on communities. Environmental Management, 37(4), 437–450.
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• McCool, S. F., Burchfield, J., Williams, D. R., Carroll, M., Cohn, P., Kumagai, Y., and Ubben, T. (2005). Focus on communities: social impacts of wildland fire and actions taken to reduce wildland fire risk. Hof , M. and Jakes, P. (ed). A Managers Guide to Social Science Research to Improve Fuels Management. (NC-GTR-xxx) St. Paul , MN : USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station.

• McCool, S. F., Burchfield, J., Williams, D. R., Carroll, M., Cohn, P., Kumagai, Y., Ubben, T. (2005). Social Science to Improve Fuels Management: A Synthesis of Research on the Impacts of Wildland Fire on Communities . (GTR-NC-xxx) St. Paul , MN : USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station.

• Kent, B.; Gebert, K.; McCaffrey S.; Martin, W.; Calkin, D.; Schuster, E.; Martin, I.; Bender, H. W.; Alward, G., Kumagai, Y.; Cohn, P. J.; Carroll, M.; Williams, D.; Ekarius, C. (2003). Social and economic issues of the Hayman fire. In Graham, R. T. (tech. ed.) Hayman fire case study (RMRS-GTR-114, pp.315-396). Ogden , UT : USDA. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

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