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Protect existing and proposed infrastructure by examining present and future hazards due to increased wildfires and post-wildfire conditions

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Approach

Protect existing and proposed infrastructure by examining present and future hazards due to increased wildfires and post-wildfire conditions

Tactics

  • Design bridge and culverts to minimize diversion potential
  • Increase defensible space around infrastructure and discourage development in the wildland-urban interface.
  • Enhance existing public and private fire hazard education and mitigation as related to infrastructure design

Sensitivity

Strategy

Citation

Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Ho, J.J.; Little, N.J.; Joyce, L.A., eds. (2018). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.,

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