| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Laws and Programs |
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Laws and Programs
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| Contents |
1. Federal Assistance for Wildfire Response and Recovery / Kelsi Bracmort -- 2. Wildfire Management: Federal Funding and Related Statistics / Kelsi Bracmort -- 3. Federal Funding for Wildfire Control and Management / Ross W. Gorte and Kelsi Bracmort -- 4. Wildfire Management: Hotshot Crews / Kelsi Bracmort -- 5. Budget Justifications and Performance Information Fiscal Year 2015 Wildland Fire Management / U.S. Department of the Interior -- 6. Emergency Water Assistance during Drought: Federal Non-Agricultural Programs / Nicole T. Carter, Tadlock Cowan and Joanna Barrett -- 7. Analysis of S. 2198: Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 / Betsy A. Cody, Nicole T. Carter and Pervaze A. Sheikh |
| Summary |
Federal funding for wildfire management (WFM) is provided in the annual Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. It funds wildfire management at the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior, which are the two principal entities tasked with federal wildfire management. Federal wildfire response activities involve preparedness, suppression, fuel reduction, site rehabilitation, and more. This book discusses the federal assistance for wildfire and response and recovery, as well as federal funding and related statistics of wildfire management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/06/2020) |
| Subject |
Wildfires.
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Droughts.
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Fire ecology.
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Fire management -- Government policy -- United States
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drought.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Fire ecology
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Droughts
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Wildfires
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Wildfires.
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Droughts.
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Federal aid.
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Disaster relief.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020676857 |
| ISBN |
9781633216396 |
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163321639X |
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