PubTalk 06/2019 — USGS Fire Science

Title: USGS Fire Science: Understanding why wildlands burn and what can be done about it

• Wildfires are expensive, dangerous, and have massive impacts on people and ecosystems, yet ecosystems evolved with wildland fire. 
• USGS fire scientists help understand what factors affect wildland fire occurrence, intensity, spread, and effects. 
• What can be done to reduce the damaging effects of wildfires and increase the beneficial aspects of wildland fire - USGS works with fire and land managers to indentify cost effective options. 

Note: The video ends just before the question and answer segment begins. However, the transcript contains the questions and answers that were not recorded on video.