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Name: 'People and Forests': how they fit together
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Name: 2003 seasonal consensus climate forecast for wildland fire management
Description: On February 25, 2003, climate experts from the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Experimental Climate Prediction Center (ECPC), the NOAA/NCEP/NWS Climate Prediction Center (CPC), the...
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Name: 60,000 disaster victims speak: part I: an empirical review of the empirical literature, 1981-2001
Description: Results for 160 samples of disaster victims were coded as to sample type, disaster type, disaster location, outcomes and risk factors observed, and overall severity of impairment. In order of frequency, outcomes included specific psychological...
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Name: A carbon budget for forests of the conterminous United States
Description: The potential need for national-level comparisons of greenhouse gas emissions, and the desirability of understanding terrestrial sources and sinks of carbon, has prompted interest in quantifying national forest carbon budgets. In this study, we link a...
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Name: A classification of landscape fire succession models: spatial simulations of fire and vegetation dynamics
Description: A classification of spatial simulation models of fire and vegetation dynamics (landscape fire succession models or LFSMs) is presented. The classification was developed to provide a foundation for comparing models and to help identify the appropriate...
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Name: A clear picture of smoke: BLUESKY smoke forecasting
Description: Over the last several decades, the overall air quality goal in the United States has been to protect public health and clear skies by reducing emissions. At the same time, however, the risk of catastrophic fire has been rising in forests around the...
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Name: A Cohesive Strategy for Protecting People and Sustaining Natural Resources: Predicting Outcomes for Program Options
Description: Analyses were conducted of fire and fuel management options for 172 million hectares (424 million acres) of Forest Service and Interior public lands in the contiguous lower 48 states. A landscape dynamics model was calibrated based on fire regime...
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Name: A collaborative approach for reducing wildland fire risks to communities and the environment 10-year comprehensive strategy: implementation plan
Description: The four goals of the 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy are: 1. Improve Fire Prevention and Suppression, 2. Reduce Hazardous Fuels, 3. Restore Fire-Adapted Ecosystems, 4. Promote Community Assistance. Its three guiding principles are: 1. Priority setting...
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Name: A collaborative approach for reducing wildland fire risks to communities and the environment 10-year strategy: implementation plan
Description: Since the advent of the National Fire Plan in 2000, governmental and non-governmental entities have collaborated to make significant progress on multiple fronts in addressing the issues brought to national attention by the fires of 2000 and addressed...
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Name: A comparison of fire hazard mitigation alternatives in pinyon-juniper woodlands of Arizona
Description: Concern over uncontrollable wildfire in pinyon-juniper woodlands has led public land managers in the southwestern United States to seek approaches for mitigating wildfire hazard, yet little information is available concerning effectiveness and...
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