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Maintaining Wood in Streams A Vital Action for Fish Conservation. UC ANR Publication 8157. Information on how large woody debris in streams and rivers interacts with the water and animals present.
Commonsense Management of Resources : Beware the disconnect between lumber and forest - San Francisco Chronicle - April 7, 2004
What are the costs when a forest fire occurs? And what are the costs from having overgrown forests? Interesting reading is "Market and Non-Market Assessment of Fire Risk Reduction", a section of a larger report produced by the Rural Technology Initiative. The University of Washington and Washington State University Cooperative Extension developed the Rural Technology Initiative (RTI) to aid in bringing new technologies into rural, forest-based areas. Parts of the report are excerpted here, you can read the whole report as a .pdf file here.
Effects of Wildfire on Soils and Watershed Processes is a paper by Dr. George G. Ice, Principal Scientist, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement. This is a .pdf file, so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it.
Fuel Modification Plans and Maintenance - Orange County Fire Authority - synopsis: "The Orange County Fire Authority, (OCFA) has applied Fuel Modification requirements for over
25 years. Fuel Modification guidelines were established by the Wildland Urban Interface Task
Force in July 1994. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide information on how fuel
modification zones are to be designed, installed, and maintained in order to meet safety
requirements. The many variables involved with fuel modification make precise regulations
impractical."
Hot Off the Press - Jan 8, 2003
- Publication of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Contains article "Tough Fire Protection Plan Touted - A state panel says other communities could learn from strict brush clearance and growth control measures used in Ventura County."
Fireproofing the Forest - Sacramento Bee, Aug 3, 2003. Article on the combination of logging and controlled burns.
California Forest Stewardship Program - CDF program promoting stewardship of private forestland.