Fire Suppression Policy, Weather, and Western Wildland Fire Trends

Jason S. Johnston; ;

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Fire Suppression Policy, Weather, and Western Wildland Fire Trends

Jason S. Johnston

CO-AUTHORS Jonathan Klick

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RFF Press

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2012

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UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Jason S. Johnston

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Jason S. Johnston & Jonathan Klick, Fire Suppression Policy, Weather, and Western Wildland Fire Trends, in Karen M. Bradshaw & Dean Lueck Wildfire Policy: Law and Economics Perspectives, RFF Press, 158–177 (2012).

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