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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Putnam
From the text, 'The central theme discussed is the use of the psychological technique of mindfulness to promote clear thinking under stressful, risky conditions. Clear thinking enhances safety by improving all our actions: self-awareness, situational awareness, risk analysis,…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown, Echelle, Propst, Brooks, Fisher
We used the computer program RAMAS to explore the sensitivity of an extinction-risk model for the Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gibe) to management of wildfires and number of populations of the species. The Gila trout is an endangered salmonid presently restricted to very few…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Tharme, Green, Baines, Bainbridge, O'Brien
1. Breeding birds, vegetation and moorland management were surveyed in 320 1-km squares on 122 estates in upland areas of eastern Scotland and northern England where red grouse shooting is a widespread land use. We assessed whether population densities of 11 species of breeding…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Williams
From the text... 'The press and politicians called fire season 2000 'a natural disaster.' The fires were natural, but the 'disaster' was how much the United States spent to fight them.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Young, Clements
The decade of the 1920s was somewhat of a paradox for range science. A. W. Sampson published 3 books that were widely used as text for higher education classes in range management. The United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service expanded their mandate to manage…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hély, Flannigan, Bergeron, McRae
Spring and summer simulations were carried out using the Canadian Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) and U.S. BEHAVE systems to study the role of vegetation and weather on fire behavior in the mixedwood boreal forest. Stands at Lake Duparquet (Quebec, Canada) were characterized as…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mah, Tackaberry, Egger, Massicotte
Morphological and molecular (polymerase chain reaction — restriction fragment length polymorphism) methods were used to assess ectomycorrhiza (ECM) diversity in naturally regenerating and planted Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm. x Picea glauca (Moench) Voss seedlings in two…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barrett
From the text ... 'For some forests burned in 2000, still on a natural fire cycle, forest health was not an issue.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown
From the text ... 'The goal is to restore healthy forest ecosystems, including historical fire regimes. ... For decades, the Forest Service treated all fire, regardless of type or site, as a threat to forest health.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Koch, Balice
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Shay, Kunec, Dyck
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Drewa, Havstad
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Turner, Krannitz
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brooks
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hourdequin
The Wilderness Act of 1964 designates wilderness areas as places where natural conditions prevail and humans leave landscapes untrammeled. Managers of wilderness and similarly protected areas have a mandate to maintain wildland fire as a natural ecological process. However,…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander, Stocks, Wotton, Lanoville
The International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME) represents a major field activity of the International Boreal Forest Research Association's Fire Working Group and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme's project on global atmospheric chemistry associated with…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Riebau, Fox
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will implement new regulations for the management of atmospheric particulate matter 2.5 µm and less in diameter (PM2.5), tropospheric ozone, and regional haze in the next few years. These three air quality issues relate…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews, Queen
Fire modeling and information system technology play an important supporting role in fuel and fire management. Modeling is used to examine alternative fuel treatment options, project potential ecosystem changes, and assess risk to life and property. Models are also used to…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Conard, Hartzell, Hilbruner, Zimmerman
Attitudes and policies concerning wildland fire, fire use, and fire management have changed greatly since early European settlers arrived in North America. Active suppression of wildfires accelerated early in the 20th Century, and areas burned dropped dramatically. In recent…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Shepperd
Vegetative regeneration of aspen can be initiated through manipulations that provide hormonal stimulation, proper growth environment, and sucker protection - the three elements of the aspen regeneration triangle. The correct course of action depends upon a careful evaluation of…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The purpose of the Fire and Invasive Species workshop was to assess the state of knowledge of the interactions of fire and invasive plants, including fire management practices related to control and susceptibility, influence of invasive species on fire regimes, influence of fire…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP), as the successor to the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission (GCVTC), is charged with implementing the GCVTC Recommendations as well as addressing broader air quality issues, such as the Regional Haze Rule. The Regional Haze…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ferguson, Peterson, Acheson
Smoke management is becoming increasingly complex as the use of fire to preserve or maintain forest health and reduce hazardous fuels is increasing and as smoke from forest and rangeland burning is combining with smoke from traditional agricultural fires to compete for airshed…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES