HHPA103 Backpacking Carl Anderson September 29, 2014 Wildfires Wildfires, also referred to as forest fires, are uncontrolled conflagrations that occur in woodland settings. Wildfires can be extremely destructive and often instill a feeling of fear and panic in homeowners and those who participate in activities in the backcountry. Every year in the United States, more than 100,000 wildfires burn an average of 4 to 5 million acres of land. Wildfires can move at speeds up to 14 miles an hour (23 km/hr)
“On average, more than 100,000 wildfires, also called wildland fires or forest fires, clear 4 to 5 million acres of land in the U.S. every year.” This fact is from an article titled “Wildfires” on the National Geographic website. Wildfires are dangerous because of how quickly they can spread across land, and the damage they can do. They can move up to fourteen miles an hour across land destroying everything they come in contact with. Most wildfires are caused my people, or at least started by people
Austin Burnett English 101 Smokey the bear 14 September 2012 Children and Wildfires Many children ask; where does fire come from? Why is it important? In the Ad Council video on Smokey the bear, the ad council explains why fires are bad and what they can do to the environment. Smokey has a slogan in the video, “only you can prevent wildfires” (ad council), I believe this is a catchy slogan and really can prevent wildfires. Smokey has been known to people since 1944, He has made in impact on children
Date: 09/18/11 Subject: Wildfire Prevention and Education Do to all the recent wildfire’s in the Oklahoma area I would like to heighten awareness about ways to prevent wildfires on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and private property surrounding the refuge. The Problem I believe that there are some preventive measure’s the refuge could take to reduce the risk of wildfire’s, as well as educating the public on ways to prevent wildfire’s would reduce the number of fires on the refuge
Wildfire Article Our project was to determine whether or not county officials were as effective at meeting the needs of wildfire victims in comparison to several assisting volunteer organizations. Basically, we were trying to see how effectively our community would act in an emergency situation. Our class picked the topic because it was an incident that had just occurred not even a whole year ago and plus Leece works with The Examiner, Navasota’s newspaper, so that helped us a lot with gathering
Wildfires: Friend or Foe? Jules Luna Red Rocks Community College Abstract To evaluate the impact of wildfires on our ecosystem, one needs to weigh the long-term benefits against short-term loses. Fires have an immediate negative impact on the ecosystem. They destroy trees, pollute water supplies and destroy property. However, not all effects are negative. Forest fires play an important role in keeping our forests healthy and ecosystem in balance. Fire clears wild lands of heavy
ldfire mitigation Wildfire Mitigation An in-depth look at FEMA and Wildfire Mitigation in the U.S. San Francisco State University Department of Geography and Human Environment Studies GEOG 402: Human Response to Natural Disasters with Professor Q. Guo By Erika Cheng, Emily Cheatham Geoffrey Muller, Tommy Ngo & Sam Sumrall October 31, 2013 Wildfire mitigation is addressed by the Federal government through a comprehensive legislative framework. The Federal Emergency Management
Ziggy Stardust January 16, 2013 Wildfires in Colorado For the past 30 years, residents of tiny Laporte, Colorado, near the Wyoming border, have gathered inside Bob's Coffee Shop to swap gossip over coffee and Danishes near the dense pine forest of Lory State Park. But since the weekend, Bob's has become a very different kind of social hub: a de facto refugee camp for homeowners fleeing what many here call the worst wildfire in decades. From a booth just a mile and half from the fireline, Bob's
Wildfires Palliser, Janna. "Wildfires." Science Scope Oct. 2012: 10+. General OneFile. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. Janna Palliser’s article is titled “Wildfires”, and the simple yet effective title pretty much explains what it is about. Palliser’s article is an expository essay that although never goes in to a whole lot of detail on any subtopic, but provides a lot of good basic information and evidence intended for readers who don’t have much background knowledge on wildfires, if
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