The Alaska Reference Database originated as the standalone Alaska Fire Effects Reference Database, a ProCite reference database maintained by former BLM-Alaska Fire Service Fire Ecologist Randi Jandt. It was expanded under a Joint Fire Science Program grant for the FIREHouse project (The Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse). It is now maintained by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and FRAMES, and is hosted through the FRAMES Resource Catalog. The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Dockry, Hoagland, Leighton, Durglo, Pradhananga
Native American and Alaska Native tribes manage millions of acres of land and are leaders in forestry and fire management practices despite inadequate and inequitable funding. Native American tribes are rarely considered as research partners due to historically poor…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This concise trifold handout outlines wildland fire fuels treatment options in Alaska. Fire Research Development and Application Committee of the Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group.
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Franz
The topic of “managed wildfire” is mired in complexity, starting with what to call it. This fire management approach has been known as “prescribed natural fire,” “wildland fire use,” “resource objective fire,” and more. All names refer to the same essential idea: leveraging…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Garbis, Cox, Orttung
Increasingly frequent wildfires are affecting residents in the wildland-urban interface in Interior Alaska. How might fire communicators convey risk and crisis information to meet growing concerns about wildfire impacts among a diverse audience of residents? This research draws…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stevens, Dillon, Manley, Povak, Nepal
Introduction to SCIENCE x Day 4, brief overview by Jens StevensDelivering wildfire risk information targeted to the community level, presented by Greg DillonJuggling risks and tradeoffs toward a more resilient future: the known, unknown, unknowable, and the unpleasant, presented…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
The SCIENCEx webinar series brings together scientists and land management experts from across U.S. Forest Service research stations and beyond to explore the latest science and best practices for addressing large natural resource challenges across the country. These webinars…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cullen, Prichard, Abatzoglou, Dolk, Kessenich, Bloem, Bukovsky, Humphrey, McGinnis, Skinner, Mearns
We apply a convergence research approach to the urgent need for proactive management of long-term risk associated with wildfire in the United States. In this work we define convergence research in accordance with the US National Science Foundation—as a means of addressing a…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stephens, Powers, Robertson, Spearing, Collier, Tich, Smith
When a wildfire strikes, it impacts entire communities. Yet it can be challenging to get communities to take the lead in becoming more prepared, and thus build lasting resilience. Guided by theoretical preparedness models, and using a case study design, this study examines the…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hahn, Michlig, Hansen, Manning, Augustinavicius
Previous studies have linked wildfires to a range of adverse mental health outcomes, but there has been limited research on the mental health impacts of wildfire in Alaska, an area undergoing rapid environmental change. We used a multi-level qualitative approach to identify…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dale, Barrett
[Executive Summary] Wildfire risk has many dimensions – for example, fires can impact ecosystems and wildlife, and smoke increases greenhouse gas emissions. However, this research report is narrowly focused on the effectiveness of specific governmental policies to reduce risk to…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The NWCG Standards for Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface establishes the standards for understanding and implementation of concepts, issues, and best practices to increase community fire adaptation. This publication is designed to:
Support common understanding.…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
[Executive Summary] The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) presents this Addendum Update, to spotlight wildland fire critical emphasis areas and challenges that were not identified or addressed in depth in the 2014 National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Huntington, Trainor, Natcher, Huntington, DeWilde, Chapin
Community workshops are widely used tools for collaborative research on social-ecological resilience in indigenous communities. Although results have been reported in many publications, few have reflected explicitly on the workshop itself, and specifically on understanding what…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sexton
From the text ... 'A coordinated, interagency effort is required to ensure that fire use programs are implemented in a professional and competent manner.... Fire management is as much a philosophy and attitude toward the land as it is an action program.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Baldwin
From the text ... 'The public needs to learn that fire is a dynamic factor of the forest environment, not necessarily good or bad but natural. ...the very efficiency of the fire brigades guarantees fuel accumulations that will one day produce a holocaust.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
The Research and Development (R&D) arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service works at the forefront of science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests and grasslands. Research has been part of the Forest Service mission since the agency's…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klade
Includes highlights of the history of organizations that preceded formation of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in 1954. Provides detailed accounts of Intermountain Station research and administrative accomplishments, some of the people who led activities,…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Scott
Quantitative scales of fire magnitude and intensity are needed to assess and publicly communicate the unbiased potential of wildland fire to cause effects-harm, damage, and ecological change. Such scales already exist for earthquakes (Richter Scale and Mercalli Scale),…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Winter, Bigler-Cole
A user needs assessment surrounding National Predictive Services was conducted involving current and prospective customers. Needs assessments (Rossi, Freeman and Lipsey 1999) are a useful form of program evaluation. National Predictive Services offers products and services…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zimmerman, Akerelrea, Smith, O'Keefe
Natural-resource managers have used a variety of computer-mediated presentation methods to communicate management practices to diverse publics. We explored the effects of visualizing and animating predictions from mathematical models in computerized presentations explaining…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McDaniel
'The number one challenge we face in our fire management and fuels treatment program here in western Colorado is communication and public involvement,' says Tim Foley, fire management officer for the Bureau of Land Management in the western slope of Colorado. 'From working with…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
A roll call analysis of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and constituent interests in fire policy
This study examined national wildland fire policy by focusing on the political process. The evolution of federal wildland fire policies was reviewed first. Wildland fire suppression in the long term has resulted in a high accumulation of fuels on federal forestlands. The…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Brenkert-Smith
As the wildland-urban interface (WUI) grows in size and density and increasing levels of funding are being directed toward education and outreach programs targeting residents in these communities, it is becoming increasingly important to investigate residents’ responses to…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McCaffrey
Presents key social science findings from three National Fire Plan-sponsored research projects. Articles highlight information of likely interest to individuals working to decrease wildfire hazards on both private and public lands. Three general topic areas are addressed: (1)…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson, Bengston, Nelson, Fan
Managers have an opportunity during times of peak media coverage of wildfire to expand the discussion about defensible space from the current focus on vegetation clearing to include the full range of activities a homeowner can undertake to mitigate damage. Currently, news media…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES