Easing Prescribed Fire Liability Laws Increases its Use as a Management Tool: Research Brief

A comparison study of different liability lows shows how gross negligence coupled with some key additional regulations would likely result in prescribed fire being more available to managers while also providing safety assurance to the public.

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Wonkka, Carissa & Rogers, William & Kreuter, Urs. (2015). Legal barriers to effective ecosystem management: Exploring linkages between liability, regulations, and prescribed fire. Ecological Applications. 10.1890/14-1791.1.