An Allenspark Forest Steward's Suggested Reading List

The CWPP Process & Public Policy

Preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan: A Handbook for Wildand-Urban Interface Communities
Society of American Foresters (PDF: 839KB)
This is the basic 12 p. publication used by all communities as an outline and guide.

Critical Elements in the Development and Implementation of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs)
USDA Forest Service Proceedings (PDF: 443KB)

Community Wildfire Mitigation Practitioner: How Prepared Is Your Community For Living With Wildfire?
Office of Community Services, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO (PDF: 3.5MB)

Wildfire and Americans; How to Save Lives, Property, and Your Tax Dollars
By Roger G. Kennedy; University of Nebraska Press. Also available from Amazon.
Wildfire and Americans is a passionate, deeply informed appeal for us to acknowledge that wildfire is not a fire problem but a people problem.

Homeowners’ Views of Wildfire Mitigation
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station (PDF: 865KB)

Mitigation of Wildfire Risk by Homeowners
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station (PDF: 269KB)

Trends in Public Attitudes Towards the Use of Wildland Fire
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station (PDF: 19KB)

Wildfire Mitigation and Private Lands: Managing Long-Term Vulnerabilities
USDA Forest Service Proceedings (PDF: 324KB)

Development at the Wildland-Urban Interface and the Mitigation of Forest-Fire Risk
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PDF: 1.3MB)
This might be a bit technical for most of us, but if you're really hungry to learn more...

Natural Values at Risk
By John Chapman (DOC: 111KB)

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