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Environment 2025-05-21 1 min read

Fuel breaks for forest fires could be more effective in reducing potential risks and impacts if planned using a new optimization approach, which accounts for uncertain wildfire behavior in fire-prone

Fuel breaks for forest fires could be more effective in reducing potential risks and impacts if planned using a new optimization approach, which accounts for uncertain wildfire behavior in fire-prone landscapes of Alberta, Canada

Article URL: https://plos.io/42Oi8ni

Article title: Evaluating fuelbreak strategies for compartmentalizing a fire-prone forest landscape in Alberta, Canada

Author countries: Canada, U.S.

Funding: Funding for this work was provided by Natural Resource Canada’s Canadian Forest Service Wildfire Risk Management Program (DY, NL, EN, MAP). Additional support was provided by the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (FHK). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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