Living with Fire in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland PDF
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5/02 DRAFT Living With Fire ... i.n.n.. . t t ihihne BtBthige S PaPaginenebyrousnsnh- J/J/uBuBinttieieprberruru sWh Eonovidrolananmnednt . . Living With Fire (Make welcoming comments) (Next) Living With Fire 1 5/02 DRAFT Living With Fire ... i.n.n.. . t t ihihne BtBthige S PaPaginenebyrousnsnh- J/J/uBuBinttieieprberruru sWh Eonovidrolananmnednt Sponsored by… Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management • Farmers Insurance Group Nation.al Park Service • Nevada Division of Forestry Nevada Fire Chiefs Association • Nevada Fire Safe Council Nevada Insurance Council • Sierra Front Wildfire Cooperators USDA Forest Service • U.S . Fish & Wildlife Service . University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Living With Fire “Living With Fire in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland” is sponsored by a variety of organizations concerned with Nevada’s wildfire threat. (Next) Living With Fire 2 5/02 DRAFT Living With Fire ... i.n.n.. . t t ihihne BtBthige S PaPaginenebyrousnsnh- J/J/uBuBinttieieprberruru sWh Eonovidrolananmnednt Funding provided by… Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office via the National Fire Plan . Produced by… University of Nevada Cooperative Extension . Living With Fire Funding for this program was provided by the Nevada State Office of the Bureau of Land Management through a grant from the National Fire Plan. The program was produced by University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. (Next) Living With Fire 3 5/02 DRAFT Living With Fire ... i.n.n.. . t t ihihne BtBthige S PaPaginenebyrousnsnh- J/J/uBuBinttieieprberruru sWh Eonovidrolananmnednt . . Living With Fire This program provides suggestions to homeowners living in Nevada’s Pinyon-Juniper Woodland that will improve their safety and the survivability of their homes during wildfire. The sponsors of this program assume that sooner or later homes located within the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland will be threatened by wildfire. It is not a question of “if,” but “when” this will occur. Fortunately, a number of things can be done before a wildfire occurs that improve the likelihood of home survival. (Next) Living With Fire 4 Wildfire Threat in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Living With Fire The Pinyon-Juniper Woodland is considered one of Nevada’s most dangerous vegetation types for wildfire. Homes surrounded by the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland are at great risk to burn. (Next) Living With Fire 5 Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Living With Fire As the name suggests, this type of vegetation is dominated by two kinds of plants … (Next) Living With Fire 6 Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Pinyon pine Living With Fire pinyon, a small, single-needled pine tree and … (Next) Living With Fire 7 Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Utah juniper Living With Fire Utah juniper, also a small tree. Although pinyon pine and Utah juniper often occur together, they can also grow independent of the other. They usually grow in association with big sagebrush, bitterbrush, and other Great Basin shrubs and grasses. (Next) Living With Fire 8 Living With Fire A large number of housing developments have been built in this type of vegetation. Examples can be found near Virginia City, in the Pine Nut Range of Douglas County, at Pioche, and outside of Ely. (Next) Living With Fire 9 Living With Fire Unfortunately, all too often homes have been built and maintained in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland without regard to the wildfire threat. And, the wildfire threat is significant. (Next) Living With Fire 10
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