Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Box 5.1 (
cont.
)
FIRE AGE
No burn
1920-1925
1926-1931
1932-1937
Unmapped fires 15-40 ha.
1920-1925
1926-1931
1932-1937
N
505 0 5 0 5
km
RIVERSIDE
LOS
ANGELES
CALIFORNIA
PACIFIC
SAN
DIEGO
TIJUANA
U.S.A.
STUDY
AREA
MEXICO
ENSENADA
BAJA
CALIFORNIA
OCEAN
Fig. B5.1.1
Fire sizes north and south of the USA/Mexican border over a 17-yr period
.
(From Minnich & Chou
1997
.)
Despite the body of scientific evidence against the Baja model, it is still used
to justify managing southern California wildland fires by use of prescription
burning (e.g. Minnich
2003
;Chastain
2007
). Some agencies insist this is
a debate and contend that since there isn't a consensus they take the “we have
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