Western Rural Development Center April 2008 Newsletter
May 1, 2008
This newsletter focuses on a very important issue
in the Western United States, wildfires. The last
few years have seen hundreds of millions of dollars in
damage to homes, private property, and a loss of habitat
as well as grazing land for ranchers living adjacent to
public lands. Given the importance of this issue we
asked experts from across the West to share their
research and experience about the causes of increased
fires and what suggestions they have for citizens and
land managers when it comes to living with wildfire
danger.
Full Story: http://wrdc.usu.edu/files/uploads/Newsletter/RC_apr08/RuralConnections_apr08_web.pdf