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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Trainor
A summary of a JSFP survey presented by Sarah Trainor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Forest and range health, along with wildfire, currently dominate management decisions on public lands across much of the United States. Changing conditions on the ground, as well as government initiatives such as the National Fire Plan, the Healthy Forests Restoration Act, and…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Henderson
A discussion of landscape edits specific to Alaska using the fire models.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
St. Clair
This webinar was facilitated by Tom St. Clair, Fairbanks, Alaska, and focused on WFDSS modeling and weather. The agenda items covered included: how to pick RAWS to get the best data for wind and fuels, using predicted weather, ERC classes tab in WFDSS, ERC streams tab in WFDSS,…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Carlson
Ric Carlson relates one occurrence when his optimism in a burn plan colored his perspective.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Carlson
Ric Carlson describes how he develops the prescription window and uses a process of constant evaluation and updating that helps him avoid the traps always inherent with boundary selection.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Carlson
Ric Carlson describes how he develops the prescription window and uses a process of constant evaluation and updating that helps him avoid the traps always inherent with boundary selection.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Keller
How could an engine rollover on a wildfire actually start several months before this accident occurs? 'Engine Rollover: Why This Accident Started Months Ago', the latest release in the Wildland Fire Lesson Learned Center's 'Firefighter: Remember This' video series, is now…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Keller
This is a 9-minute video regarding watchouts and suggestions for operating vehicles in the black.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lowenstein
Climate change is no longer a threat; it's a reality. A rapidly changing climate is already transforming ecosystems and the processes that sustain them; greater changes lie in front of us. Climate change will change physical relationships (e.g. the baseflow in streams from a…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Quarles
Home survival in wildfire prone areas depends on a combination of adequate vegetation management in the area surrounding your home (i.e., your 'defensible space') and choices regarding building materials and design decisions for the home or building. Steve Quarles has been…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lutes
FFI (FEAT/FIREMON Integrated) is an ecological monitoring system designed to assist managers with collection, storage and analysis of plot level ecological information. It includes a large selection of standard sampling protocols and supports user defined methods. It supports…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Smith
This webinar discusses different aspects of LANDFIRE including: 1) the current suite of products, 2) plans for improvement and updating, 3) application ideas, and 4) how you can participate. After watching this presentation you should have a better idea of whether LANDFIRE would…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jones
This mediasite video presentation given by Jeff Jones (US Forest Service, RMRS WFM RD&A) goes into detail about the National Interagency Fuels, Fire, and Vegetation Technology Transfer (NIFTT) team. He works with LANDFIRE, mainly focusing on technology transfer, and also…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rorig
Introduction to WFDSS - Air Quality ToolsSmoke management is an important aspect of managing wildland fire. While mitigating smoke impacts from prescribed burns is important, smoke from large wildfire complexes (such as the AZ/NM fires in 2011) can expose millions of people to…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Taylor, Lawson
Video providing an introduction to the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. 22 minutes.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Trainor, Leigh, Hrobak, Ellis
The Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC) has partnered with UAF's Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Station to foster the growing network of visual artists, writers, and scientists dedicated to integrating scientific and artistic perspectives on climate change in…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ziel
The Fire Behavior Field Reference Guide (FBFRG) was developed as a hands-on user tool for field going FBAN's along with various operational personnel. The guide contains helpful references to fuels, weather, fuel models, and terrain features that are vital to field going fire…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Miller
Eric Miller, BLM-Alaska Fire Service, presents the powerpoint titled, Refining Prescriptions for Ruffed Grouse Habitat Burns in Interior Alaska, at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 7, 2011. Four fire effects plots were established at Fort…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Joly
Kyle Joly, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, presents the powerpoint titled, Winter Range Studies of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 7, 2011. The goals of the study are to quantify effects of…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Duffy
Paul A. Duffy presents the powerpoint, Early Season Forecasting of Fire Activity in Alaska, at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 7, 2011. An annual area burned forecast model has been developed using monthly temperature and precipitation and…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Identifying Indicators of State Change and Forecasting Future Vulnerability in Alaskan Boreal Forest
A. David McGuire, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, presents the study Identifying Indicators of State Change and Forecasting Future Vulnerability in Alaskan Boreal Forest at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 7, 2011. The objectives of this…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Barnes
Jennifer Barnes, Regional Fire Ecologist for the National Park Service in Alaska, presents the study, Effects of Shortened Fire Return Intervals in Alaska Boreal Forest at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 6, 2011. The purpose of this project…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Olson
Diana Olson, University of Idaho - FRAMES, presents the project Compiling, Synthesizing and Analyzing Existing Boreal Forest Fire History Data in Alaska at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 6, 2011. The three primary objectives of this project…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Anderson, Perrakis
Kerry Anderson of the Canadian Forest Service, begins this presentation on the Probabilistic Fire Analysis System (PFAS) by presenting his thesis work on fire growth modeling at multiple scales. Fire growth modeling can fall into three scales depending on weather forecasting…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES