preparedness planning and hazard reduction by homeowners<\/a>.<\/p>\nHowever, making our communities and landscapes more resilient over the long-term on all fronts \u2014 social, economic, and environmental \u2014 will take creative partnerships, increased valuation of land stewardship, and vision for what our future landscapes could look like.<\/p>\n
Fire management offers insight into how we might respond to many societal challenges that will not improve without proactive intervention: community health and safety, equitable livelihoods and development, environmental degradation, and the big one, climate change.<\/p>\n
For fire, the consequences of inaction are clear and multiple solutions exist, from fuel breaks to alternative land uses to restoring less flammable vegetation. These actions target fire, but can be designed to derive multiple benefits from the landscape.<\/p>\n
The real challenge seems to be not just communicating the value of what we stand to lose, but reminding ourselves we can choose a better way forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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