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Summer Beach volume 2
Description
While renovating an old beach house, Ivy and her sister, Shelly, suddenly have full occupancy after wildfires force Summer Beach residents from their homes. Even the mayor, Bennett Dylan, who was Ivy's high school crush, moves in. As the summer heats up, attractions simmer and feuds erupt. Living in the house Bennett had hoped could be a community center, he finds himself at odds with Ivy's campaign for a bed-and-breakfast zoning change. And when...
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
This project involved developing an updated Colorado statewide wildfire risk assessment. The project was based on leveraging the data and achievements of the West Wide Wildfire Risk Assessment (WWA) project, and tailoring these to reflect Colorado conditions, requirements and priorities. The WWA documented the risk from wildfire by quantifying the magnitude of the current wild land fire problem in the West. The WWA is unique because it will assess...
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Quick response research report volume 173
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The purpose of this research was to identify people's perceptions of the causes of the 2003 Southern California wildfires.
Pub. Date
2012.
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This Topical Fire Research Report is in response to a legislative inquiry concerning the number of wildfires that are started each year in Colorado from the escape of agricultural and prescribed fires. For the purpose of this report, the term 'escape' is used to describe an agricultural controlled burn or a prescribed fire that spread beyond the control lines and became a 'hostile' fire.
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Quick response research report volume 185
Pub. Date
[2006]
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Discusses the effect of the effects of wildfire on an Oregon community.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Wildfire destruction is worse than it should be. In the 2017 fires, robocalls and digital alerts came too late to help many people. Warnings reached only a small percentage of the population. A better understanding of wildfires is badly needed. STEM concepts--ideas from the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math--can provide a foundation for developing new solutions for dealing with wildfires."--