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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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How Wildfire Policies Governing Management of Natural Ignitions Have Evolved Over the Past Century

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

Consequential lightning-caused wildfires and the "let burn" narrative

Pietruszka, Young, Short, St. Denis, Thompson, Calkin
Background: Current guidance for implementation of United States federal wildland fire policy charges agencies with restoring and maintaining fire-adapted ecosystems while limiting the extent of wildfires that threaten life and property, weighed against the risks posed to…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Missing the mark: Effectiveness and funding in community wildfire risk reduction

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

National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy: Addendum Update

[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

Education program needed to promote prescribed fire

Maynard
[no description entered]
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Special report: the incineration of Yellowstone

Williams
[no description entered]
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Federal fire policy in national parks

Mott
[no description entered]
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

National forest timber sales and the legacy of Gifford Pinchot: managing a forest and making it pay

Wolf
This article examines the role of the concept of financially profitable forestry in early agency thinking. It discusses the use of profit as a ground for creating the Forest service to manage the nation's forest reserves, and the continual efforts of the Service, after its…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Guardian of the Forest: a History of the Smoky Bear Program, 2nd edition

Morrison
An illustrated account of the origin of the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (Smokey Bear) Campaign, the people who have worked with it, introduction of the live Smokey Bear, the law and regulations governing the program, and the reasons for Smokey's continued popularity for…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The continuing evolution of federal wildland fire policy (as influenced by the 1988 Greater Yellowstone Fires)

West
[no description entered]
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS