Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Nature-Based Solutions Tool

Wildland Urban Interface: A Look at Issues & Resolutions

U.S. Forest Service (USFS), U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Fire Administration (USFA)

This guidebook lists identifies major challenges with wildfire management in urban-wildland environments and suggested solutions for mitigating these hazards. While much of the document pertains to policy-level approaches, there is discussion of fuel reduction management priorities, community engagement guidance, and explanations of partnering opportunities for deploying these best practices that are useful for designing fire management, forest health management, and urban forest health management NBS. 
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