image: US wildfire size and cost trends over the last 30 yrs. Source: National Interagency Fire Center Statistics. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 18, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.P. North at USDA Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station in Davis, CA, and colleagues was titled, 'Reform forest fire management.' view more
Credit: Malcolm North