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Article from the Sierra Club explaining 5 steps to take to ensure your home's resistance to wildfires, including site maintenance and roof construction guidelines.

Article describing seven reasons to mulch gardens.

Paper describing a proposed method for quantifying tree and vegetation evapotranspiration effects on city climate

A webpage outlining recommendations for creating defensible space.

Report covering insulating crawlspaces.

Webpage describing embodied carbon through definition, significance to climate, and importance to policymaking.

A address searchable geographic information system for visualizing the flood hazard of an address and its surrounding area.

Webpage from FireSafe Marin explaining the vulnerability of different deck setups and materials.

Article from CAL FIRE on fire-resistant landscaping to mitigate ignition of homes.

List of guidelines for plants and their fire resistance from FIRESafe Marin.

Wildfire guidance for homes located in the wildland urban interface, focused on site design and individual pieces of the home.

An NFPA Standard that identifies a method for determining the minimum water supply necessary for structural fire-fighting purposes in areas where it has been determined that there is no water or inadequate water for fire fighting.

Report providing architects, designers, and homeowners with information to make house plans useful for constructing a more wind resilient structure.

Paper describing case studies on urban vegetation and greenways and their impacts on city climate and building performance.

A report for homeowners and contractors providing specific recommendations for how to retrofit existing components of a home to withstand wildfire.