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Burnt out on wildfire warnings: quality messages drive recreationists’ safety, but overload backfires

“We surveyed Southern California residents who recently recreated in the Los Padres, San Bernardino, Cleveland, and/or Angeles National Forests about the quantity, quality, and relevance of the fire messaging they received, and their affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses to that messaging.”

Read HERE

Budzyn, E. E., Zwickle, A., & Perry, E. E. (2026). Burnt out on wildfire warnings: quality messages drive recreationists’ safety, but overload backfires. Journal of Risk Research, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2026.2660338

Posted by:
Angela Hollingsworth
Published on:
May 4, 2026

Categories: PublicationTags: California, fire messaging, Recreation, relevance, risk preception, Survey, USDA Forest Service, wildfire, wildfire risk

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