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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Quinlan, Lehnhausen
From introduction: 'During bird surveys in the spring of 1995 Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) were observed in the silt blanket-floodway habitat of the Chena Lakes Flood Control Project (Quinlan and Lehnhausen 1995) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel have…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Potkin
Forests in the vicinity of the Kenai Peninsula portion of the Chugach National Forest are of special ecological interest because of their transitional nature between coastal and interior forest types. The Continental Interior boreal forest and Maritime Pacific coast ecological…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Parker
The quantity and quality of forage produced on Southampton Island, Northwest Territories were studied from 1970 to 1972 in order to evaluate the capability of the range to support barren-ground caribou (Rangifera tarandus groenlandicus). Using aerial photographs (scale 1:60,000…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Noste, Davis
Discussion of fire-damage appraisal in relation to fire-protection planning shows a need for a standard appraisal system on all federal lands. Fire control costs and damages on an interior Alaska and a northern Minnesota fire are compared; application of both Bureau of Land…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Neiland
This is an annotated bibliography only.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Lawson, Frandsen, Hawkes, Dalrymple
Wildfires continue to threaten the forest resources of the boreal forest, as well as human life and property in Canada and the State of Alaska. There has been an increased understanding of the natural role of fire in these ecosystems, and prescribed fire is a tool being used…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Kane, Luthin, Taylor
Many parts of interior Alaska have a fire-dominated environment. It has been recognized that there are many beneficial effects of fire; consequently, the past fire control philosophy has been altered. Prescribed and controlled burning are being considered under the new approach…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Kane
Field data on soil thermal moisture regimes over a winter season are studied with emphasis on the measurement of soil pore pressures and changes in the soil moisture content. Soil tension measurements in advance of the freezing front were made on two sites, one a burned site and…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Kershaw, Rouse, Bunting
Description not entered.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Holsten
The spruce bark beetle Denaroctonus rutipennis activity levels in sc Alaska have increased to nearly a million acres of 'active' infestation. There have been many questions about the fire danger associated with the different phases of the spruce bark beetle's attack on a forest…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Hennon, Harris
Some 680 citations from literature treating Chamaecyparis nootkatensis are listed alphabetically by author in this bibliography. Most citations are followed by a short summary. A subject index is included.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Drury, Wilmore
From objectives: 'To track forest floor moisture over the course of the 1997 fire season in several forest types and geographic locations. Relate these observed moisture predictions obtained using the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System models. Identify thresholds of…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Collins
Willow treatments within exclosures in Tyone Creek and Oshetna River drainages were clipped at 30, 60, and 90 percent to simulate light, medium, and heavy rates of utilizations by moose. Diameter, length, and weight characteristics of feltleaf willow were determined outside…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

This paper provides action plans for the following issues with regard to the spruce beetle-impacted forests of southcentral Alaska: 1) fire hazard/fuels buildup; 2) forest resource inventory; 3) reforestation; 4) provide incentives to develop a viable forest industry; 5) protect…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Baker
Comprises 80 references to papers and publications related specifically to fire management of wilderness areas in the USA. An index is given to 11 general subject categories.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Culbertson
Description not entered.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

This report explains how the potential for fire hazard increases as a result of spruce bark beetle infestations. Changes in cover type and forest structure as a result of bark beetle-induced tree mortality are discussed.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Kasischke
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

This brochure discusses what the Alaskan homeowner can do to help prevent a spruce beetle infestation in their trees and how to reduce fire hazard if they live in a forested area.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Oechel, Callaghan, Gilmanov, Holten, Maxwell, Molau, Sveinbjörnsson
Global warming is likely to have the greatest impact at high latitudes, making the Arctic an important region both for detecting global climate change and for studying its effects on terrestrial ecosystems. The chapters in this volume address current and anticipated impacts of…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

This KCFAST User's Guide is designed to help you access and use the Kansas City Fire Access Software (KCFAST).
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Cohen, Saveland
The wildland-urban interface (W-UI) refers to residential areas surrounded by or adjacent to wildland areas. In recent years, significant W-UI residential fire losses have occurred nationwide in the United States that have focused attention on the principal W-UI problem - losses…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Weber
Description not entered.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Hanson, Whicker, Lipscomb
Lichen forage ingestion rates of free-roaming caribou herds in northern Alaska during 1963-1970 were estimated by applying a two-component, eight parameter cesium-137 kinetics model to measured fallout 137Cs concentrations in lichen and caribou. Estimates for winter equilibrium…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES