Figure 19.19

Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy
J. Kevin Hiers

This figure appears in chapter 19 of the Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II report.

(top) A helicopter drops water on a 1,500-hectare wildfire on Hurlburt Field (Eglin Air Force Base) in Florida in June of 2012. (bottom) The increased use of prescribed fire at Ft. Benning, Georgia, led to a decrease in wildfire occurrence from 1982 to 2012. Photo credit: Kevin Hiers, Tall Timbers. Figure source: adapted from Addington et al. 2015.bb7efb4d-1cf9-4ce8-84e7-768910318053 Reprinted by permission of CSIRO Australia, ©CSIRO.

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This figure was created on June 12, 2017.

This figure was submitted on November 30, 2018.

References :

• Relationships among wildfire, prescribed fire, and drought in a fire-prone landscape in the south-eastern United States (bb7efb4d)

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