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Recreation Value

Property is valued for it recreation opportunities by many people. To determine the importance for recreation of each polygon cell for the FCS-1 Model, researchers used USGS and GAP maps to calculate Euclidean distance grids and visibility surface grids for the following features of interest for recreation.

Campgrounds
Hiking trails
Roads
Picnic areas
Lakes
Historical sites
Visitor centers
National Visitor Use Monitoring Results Table
Hunting areas

Species habitat richness for birds
Map of the Huachuca Mountains, AZ, showing recreation values, with darker colors being areas more highly valued

Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Pomerelle Ski Area Fuels Reduction Project
Description of a project (pdf, 577K) to reduce fuel loads on the ski area by reducing the fuel to chips that lie flat on the ground, less than 4" deep.

Developing a "Value" Based Community Mitigation Program
by Keith Worley, Forester Mitigation Coordinator, Perry Park Metro District
Article from Wildfire News and Notes 16(4), Dec. 2002 describing the need to shift thinking about fire mitigation efforts to things like community and personal values. Only then will people be willing to invest their time and resources in protecting themselves.

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