About the Author
Monique Dutkowsky and Holly Fretwell
Monique Dutkowsky is vice president of operations at PERC, the Property and Environment Research Center. Her work with Wildfire Defense Systems mapping fire risk is used by insurance companies throughout the West. Holly Fretwell is vice president of outreach and a research fellow at PERC, where her research focuses on public lands policy and forest management. They wrote this for InsideSources.com.