Article
Effects of Wildfire on Collaborative Management of Rangelands: A Case Study of the 2015 Soda Fire
Rangelands
(2021)
Abstract
On the Ground
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Multi-jurisdictional rangeland “mega-fires” are becoming more common.
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Using interview data, we examined cross-boundary collaboration after the Soda Fire that burned approximately 113,312 ha (280,000 acres) of southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon.
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We found relationships established in other management contexts were activated by individuals within agencies to share funding and resources to rehabilitate the landscape after the Soda Fire.
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The fire's spatial proximity to Boise, Idaho, and temporal proximity to important federal policy decisions were primary collaboration drivers.
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Barriers to collaborative efforts still exist; however, interviewees highlighted the importance of individual agency (bottom-up) changes in lessening top-down constraints.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.03.001
Citation Information
Mark W. Brunson. "Effects of Wildfire on Collaborative Management of Rangelands: A Case Study of the 2015 Soda Fire" Rangelands (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark_brunson/309/