State lines, fire lines, and lines of authority: Rangeland fire management and bottom-up cooperative federalism

Abrams, Jesse; Wollstein, Katherine; Davis, Emily Jane

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.03.038

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“…Importantly, the lack of common purpose did not centre on the objective of fighting fires, which was shared, but on the relative significance of independence, rules, and, safety, as well as on the roles of RFPAs vis‐à‐vis the BLM. The statutory bases and influence of state programme leadership led to rather different interpretations of the roles of RFPAs in Idaho and Oregon (Abrams, Wollstein, and Davis, ). In Idaho, RFPA members were required to follow BLM standards and enter into co‐operator agreements to do so, whereas in Oregon, the MoU resulted in an interpretation that it was not necessary to abide by BLM standards to the same extent.…”

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“…Despite growing policy interest and investment in the RFPA model, as well as plans for RFPAs in other western states, a limited amount of study has taken place to date (Stasiewicz and Paveglio, 2016; Abrams, Davis, and Wollstein, ; Abrams, Wollstein, and Davis, ), and scholars who focus on disaster response organisations have paid no attention to these entities. Yet, RFPAs can contribute to new knowledge of disaster response organisations in a unique disaster setting.…”

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Rangeland Fire Protection Associations as disaster response organisations

2019

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Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) are volunteer-based groups of trained private landowners who are authorised to respond to events in partnership with governmental agencies. This study analysed the functioning and structure of RFPAs in Idaho and Oregon in the western United States to characterise this under-researched model of disaster response. RFPAs represent an expanding type of disaster response organisation that interfaces with established fire suppression entities, yet 'emergent behaviour' manifested in some RFPA response actions. This appeared to lessen and mediate with time, as well as due to recognition of the issues, increased experience of fires, and training that fostered new mutual understandings. There is a need for continued examination of the effect of repeat experience in developing the characteristics of disaster response organisations. In addition, it is crucial to know how the interface between established and other types of organisations may be enhanced to make cooperative disaster response more effective.

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2019

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“…The interaction of a state-led dual federalism approach and political polarization has created opportunities for tension and conflict to emerge (Kincaid and Leckrone 2020). One might consider the role of cooperative federalism (see recent work from Secchi and McDonald 2019;Abrams et al 2018) where national and sub-national actors work together to address an issue. However, more recent research speaks to the fact that uncooperative federalism can be activated by political polarization (Lin 2020), making it more challenging for different levels of government to work together.…”

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Exploring Intra-State Tensions in Government Responses to COVID-19

Federman

Curley

2022

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

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Research and attention to federalism has vastly increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While political polarization has largely been used as a scapegoat to explain the U.S. policy response to the pandemic, federalism has also been credited and blamed for the policy response and has played an important role in providing avenues for conflict. This article explores intra-state conflict stemming from COVID-19. We utilize ten exploratory cases to identify three distinct but interrelated patterns of conflict that emerged within U.S. states, focusing on tensions between the executive and legislative branches, between bureaucratic officials and the legislature, and between state and local governments. We then examine a series of questions regarding the implication of these conflicts, focusing on the issuance of executive orders, the responses undertaken by officials who disagreed with and sought to push back against these orders, and the ways that inter-branch and inter-governmental disagreements about these orders were resolved.

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“…Fire districts, residential subdivisions, or governments can invest more resources toward developing firefighting capacity at the local level to improve initial suppression responses or promote pre-fire mitigation among those they serve, potentially through increased taxes paid by private citizens. Finally, coordinated programs at the federal or state level may provide locals with funds to acquire firefighting equipment and additional personnel, fund residential mitigations on private property, or outline the amount of mitigation work municipalities must undertake in order to ensure fire suppression aid from state agencies [52][53][54][55].…”

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Exploring the Influence of Local Social Context on Strategies for Achieving Fire Adapted Communities

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Edgeley

Carroll

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There is a growing recognition that the social diversity of communities at risk from wildland fire may necessitate divergent combinations of policies, programs and incentives that allow diverse populations to promote fire adapted communities (FACs). However, there have been few coordinated research efforts to explore the perceived utility and effectiveness of various options for FACs among residents, professionals, and local officials in disparate communities with different social contexts. The research presented here attempts to systematically explore the combination of local social factors that influence support for coordinated wildfire risk management across locations. We conducted 19 interactive focus groups across five communities spanning five Western U.S. states using a mixed-method design that allowed for the collection of quantitative and qualitative data. Results indicate a number of significant differences in effectiveness ratings for adaptation approaches across communities, including requirement of vegetation mitigations on private properties, fostering Firewise communities, and zoning efforts in fire-prone areas. We used qualitative data to help explain the differences between communities as a function of unique local social context operating in each location. We also compare our results with existing frameworks promoting community “archetypes” to evaluate their continued use in wildfire management planning or response.

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State lines, fire lines, and lines of authority: Rangeland fire management and bottom-up cooperative federalism

Cited by 19 publications

References 26 publications

Rangeland Fire Protection Associations as disaster response organisations

Rangeland Fire Protection Associations as disaster response organisations

Exploring Intra-State Tensions in Government Responses to COVID-19

Exploring the Influence of Local Social Context on Strategies for Achieving Fire Adapted Communities

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