wildfire links
CNPS Policies, Guidelines, and Resources
Advice about Landscaping the Fire Zone in San Diego (pdf)
CNPS Native Plant Landscaping To Reduce Wildfire Risk (pdf) - As seen in an article by David Chipping in the CNPS Bulletin
CNPS Policy on Seeding After Wildfire
CNPS Policy on Introduction of Ryegrass
CNPS Policy on Shrubland Management
Sources for Native Plants in Southern California
Sources for Seeds and Bulbs of California Natives
Websites and Resources
The California Chaparral Institute ...the voice of the chaparral
The San Diego Wildfire Education Project - Designed for the public and teachers
Web Mapping Services for San Diego 2007 Wildfires
Articles, Books, Letters, and References
Idaho Rehabilitates Scorched Land from Wildfire by John Gramlich, Stateline.org, Oct 26, 2007
The 2007 Fallbrook Fire: A Fire In A Suburban Rural Landscape
How The Winterwarm Area Was Saved by Tom Chester
Protecting Property from Fire Losses (pdf) by Travis Longcore, Ph.D. Science Director, The Urban Wildlands Group, Director of Urban Ecological Research, USC Center for Sustainable Cities (310) 247-9719 This article lays out the relationship between structure loss and fuel modification. Fuel mod alone is not the answer (see Table 2).
Fire Reduction Policies - by Kay Stewart, An open letter after the 2007 fire.
Is Home Protection Impossible In San Diego Wildfires? by Carrie Schneider
Studying the houses that survived the 1993 Laguna Beach fire storm yields lessons in building to withstand the heat from the pages of Fine Homebuilding magazine, by John Underwood