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Project ID: 12-2-01-35

Year: 2012

Date Started: 09/01/2012

Ending Date:  08/31/2014

Title: Minimizing Social and Economic Impacts of Increased Post-Fire Debris-Flow Occurence, Including Climate Change Effects

Project Proposal Abstract: Debris flows are often one of the most hazardous consequences of wildfires in the urban/wildland interface. Damages include destroyed houses and buildings, blocked and washed out roads, loss of land access, degradation of habitat and water quality, as well as loss of human life, as evidenced by recent flows following wildfires in Arizona (2010) and California (2003). As global climate change results in longer fire seasons, with more frequent and larger fires (Westerling et al., 2006), debris flows and floods in burned areas will increase in frequency (Cannon and DeGraff, 2009). As debris-flow impacts continue to increase in the future, better quantitative tools need to be developed to assist land managers in making decisions to optimize resources and best protect elements and people at risk. A linkage between natural hazards and social science models has never been done for debris flows in burned areas, and this feedback and decision-making framework can serve as a template for other natural hazards such as erosion, floods, or landslides.

Principal Investigator: Daniel T. Kaffine

Agency/Organization: Colorado School of Mines

Branch or Dept: Division of Economics & Business

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Budget Contact	Barbara A. Schneider	Colorado School of Mines	Department of Geology & Geological Engineering
Co-Principal Investigator	Susan H. Cannon	USGS-Geological Survey	Geologic Hazards Team-CO School of Mines
Co-Principal Investigator	Steffen X. Rebennack	Colorado School of Mines	Division of Economics & Business
Co-Principal Investigator	Paul M. Santi	Colorado School of Mines	Department of Geology & Geological Engineering
Grants and Agreements Contact	Michele A. Land	Colorado School of Mines	Research Administration
Lead Reviewer	Cindy S. Swanson	Forest Service	RMRS-Fire Sciences Lab-Missoula

Project Locations

Consortium

California

Southern Rockies

Southwest

Level	State	Agency	Unit
REGIONAL	Interior West	FS
REGIONAL	Pacific Coast States	FS

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