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Project ID: 07-1-6-12

Year: 2007

Date Started: 06/04/2007

Date Completed: 03/28/2013

Title: Social Science at the Wildland Urban Interface: Creating Fire-Safe Communities

Project Proposal Abstract: Considerable social science research has been conducted at the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) since inception of the Joint Fire Science Program and National Fire Plan. Results have provided useful insight into factors including public acceptance of fuel treatments, communication strategies and planning processes to develop public support, community fire planning, and defensible space programs. In most cases this research has been conducted by individual scientists or small teams working on separate tracks resulting in a limited ability to compare concepts and draw conclusions across study areas. This has also meant mixed results in communication of findings directly to the most significant end users such as state and local officials, federal resource professionals, community groups, and homeowners. The proposed project addresses AFP 2007-1-6 by summarizing and prioritizing current knowledge and developing effective tech transfer methods to communicate findings that can be understood and implemented by local agencies and citizen groups. First, a capstone workshop of investigators will be held to examine the collective social science research conducted at the WUI. The workshop will result in a compendium of research results that highlights important findings, explores lessons learned across study areas, and identifies locations where real success has been achieved in building fire-safe communities. Second, we will draw on this research and feature successful communities in a digital video program. The DVD will demonstrate how agency personnel and community leaders have created fire-safe programs worth modeling elsewhere. An accompanying field guide will provide a stepwise approach to implementation. The PI's will conduct interactive workshops in participating regions to help organize local strategies.

Principal Investigator: Bruce A. Shindler

Agency/Organization: Oregon State University

Branch or Dept: Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Eric L. Toman	Ohio State University	School of Environment & Natural Resources-Columbus
Federal Cooperator	Sarah M. McCaffrey	Forest Service	NRS-Northern Research Station
Federal Fiscal Representative	Paul L. Reitzel	Forest Service	NRS-Northern Research Station

Project Locations

Consortium

Alaska

Appalachian

California

Great Basin

Great Plains

Lake States

Oak Woodlands

Northern Rockies

Northwest

Pacific

South

Southern Rockies

Southwest

Tallgrass

Level	State	Agency	Unit
REGIONAL	Interior West	MULTIPLE

Project Deliverables

Final Report ("Results presented in JFSP Final Reports may not have been peer-reviewed and should be interpreted as tentative until published in a peer-reviewed source.")

	ID	Type	Title
	10218	Refereed Publication	Public acceptance of disturbance-based forest management: factors influencing support
	10217	Refereed Publication	Public perspectives on fire, fuels, and the Forest Service in the Great Lakes region.
	10216	Refereed Publication	Social science research related to fire management: an overview of recent findings and future research needs.
	8934	Refereed Publication	Trust, Acceptance, and Citizen-Agency Interactions after Large Fires: Influences on Planning Processes
	8926	Refereed Publication	Reducing Fuels in the Wildland Urban Interface: Community Perceptions of Agency Fuels Treatments
	8932	Refereed Publication	Public Perspectives of Fire, Fuels and the Forest Service in the Great Lakes Region: A Survey of Citizen-Agency Communication and Trust
	10214	NonRefereed Publication	Social Science at the Wildland Urban Interface: 2000-2010 Annotated Bibiliography. JFSP Report
	8935	NonRefereed Publication	Homeowner Implementation of Fuel Treatments: A Longitudinal Analysis of Adoption, Maintenance, and Support for Agency Action on Public Lands
	8944	NonRefereed Publication	Trust, Acceptance, and Citizen-Agency Interactions after Large Fires: Influences on Plannning Processes
	9610	NonRefereed Publication	A companion to the video program, "Collaborating for Healthy Forests & Communities: Building Partnerships Among Diverse Interests," this field guide provides a practical, stepwise approach managers and community members can use to overcome barriers, find agreement, and build partnerships. SCREEN VERSION (1 MB)
	9609	NonRefereed Publication	A companion to the video program, "Collaborating for Healthy Forests & Communities: Building Partnerships Among Diverse Interests," this field guide provides a practical, stepwise approach managers and community members can use to overcome barriers, find agreement, and build partnerships. PRINT VERSION (15 MB)
	8351	NonRefereed Publication	Social Science at the Wildland Urban Interface: Creating Fire-Safe Communities
	8352	Invited Paper/Presentation	Reducing Fuels in the Wildland Urban Interface: Community Perceptions of Agency Fuels Treatments
	10215	Final Report Summary	Social Science at the Wildland-Urban Interface: a Compendium of Research Results to Create Fire Adapted Communities
	10213	Final Report Summary	Social Science at the Wildland Urban Interface: Creating Fire-Adapted Communities
	10035	Final Report Summary	Research Perspectives on the Public and Fire Management: A Synthesis of Current Socail Science on 8 Essential Questions.

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