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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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The wildfire reader: a century of failed forest policy

Wuerthner
From the Introduction (p.xv) ... 'White this book is about fire policy and fire ecology, it is also a discussion of a much larger philosophical debate over the ultimate role and influence humans should have on natural landscapes.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Living on the wildland fire-developed area interface [editorial]

Wright
[no description entered]
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The impact of twenty-first century climate change on wildland fire danger in the western United States: an applications perspective

Brown, Hall, Westerling
[no description entered]
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Safety's new horizon [interview]

Williams
[no description entered]
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Healthy Forests initiative and its effect on appeals

Neznek
From the text...'On December 3, 2003, President Bush signed into law the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, legislation designed to expedite hazardous fuel reduction projects and improve forest health conditions in the nation's forests. Several provisions of this legislation alter…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Ignition of mulch and grasses by firebrands in wildland-urban interface fires

Manzello, Cleary, Shields, Yang
Firebrands or embers are produced as trees and structures burn in wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires. It is believed that firebrand showers created in WUI fires may ignite vegetation and mulch located near homes and structures. This, in turn, may lead to ignition of homes and…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Letdowns, wake-up calls, and constructed preferences: people's responses to fuel and wildfire risks

Arvai, Gregory, Ohlson, Blackwell, Gray
This article presents results from three studies, which seek to develop a better understanding of some of the difficulties faced by forest managers in making wildfire risk management decisions. Study I showed that both the experts and the public tend to emphasize uncontrollable…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Recommendations for integrating restoration ecology and conservation biology in ponderosa pine forests of the southwestern United States

Noss, Beier, Covington, Grumbine, Lindenmayer, Prather, Schmiegelow, Sisk, Vosick
[no description entered]
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Contemporary wood utilization research needs in the western United States

Monserud, Lowell, Becker, Hummel, Donoghue, Barbour, Kilborn, Nicholls, Roos, Cantrell
Contemporary wood utilization research needs in the Western United States are examined in this problem analysis. Key focal areas include: A. Changes in forest management actions and policies affect forest conditions and people, which in turn affect wood quality and wood…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wildland fire suppression: lack of clear guidance raises concerns about cost sharing between federal and nonfederal entities

Nazzaro, Bixler, Chu, Dent, Frisch, Guinane, Jackson, Johnson, Joy, Lin, Moscovitch, Sinkfield
From What GAO Recommends ... 'GAO recommends that the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, working with relevant state entities, provide more specific guidance on when to use particular cost-sharing methods and clarify the financial responsibilities for fires that burn…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wildland fire use as a prescribed fire primer

Cohen
From the text ... 'Where the goal is restoration of process and ecosystem health, we need to ask: Are these prescribed fires truly replicating 'natural' fire?'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wildland fire use expected to increase across Bureau of Land Management lands

Muller
From the text ... 'Wildland fire use is used to implement land management objectives identified in the agency's land use plans and supported by its approved fire management plans.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wildland fire use makes headway with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Segar
From the text ... 'While prescribed fire continues to be the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service's preferred means for managing fuels and fire-adapted habitats -- the agency started using this 'tool' to manage wildlife habitat back in the 1930s -- an…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

SPOTS: maximizing fuel and vegetation management effectiveness

Stewart
From the text ... 'These 'problem fires' are the symptoms of a larger forest health issue in which ecological realities conflict with both social expectations and economic limitations.... Only through dedication and alignment of the full force and capabilities of integrated,…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Where there is fire there is smoke

Lahm
From the text ... 'This issue of Fire Management Today highlights the expanding science of smoke issues and air quality. From the discussion of Web-based tools that predict how much smoke might come from that fire and where it might go, to the growing array of monitoring…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Prescribed fire: what influences public approval?

McCaffrey
Except in remote areas, most prescribed fires will have some effect on members of the public. It is therefore important for land managers to work with the public before, during, and after a prescribed burn. To do this effectively, managers need to have an accurate idea of what…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Multi-attribute evaluation of landscape-level fuel management to reduce wildfire risk

Ohlson, Berry, Gray, Blackwell, Hawkes
This paper provides an example of the practical application of multi-attribute trade-off analysis (MATA) to wildfire management. The MATA approach supports more informed decision-making because it exposes important trade-offs among competing management objectives (requiring…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The Healthy Forest Restortion Act of 2004 - unforeseen circumstances

Thomas, Noble
[no description entered]
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Safety implications for firefighters and homeowners in the wildland–urban interface [abstract]

Mangan
There are few aspects of wildland fire that attract the public and media attention as does fire in the wildland-urban interface. A relatively new phenomenon in the United States, these fires now burn or damage hundreds of homes each year from Florida to Alaska. While there is a…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment fuel treatment trials [abstract]

Alexander, Lanoville
Several fuel treatment demonstration trials or case studies were carried out as part of the International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME), Northwest Territories: 1) demonstrating the value of fully leafed-out trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) stands as fuelbreaks…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Using forest management techniques to alter forest fuels and reduce wildfire size: an exploratory analysis

Hirsch, Kafka, Todd
During the next few decades, a considerable portion of the productive boreal forest in Canada will be harvested and there is an excellent opportunity to use forest management activities (e.g., harvesting, regeneration, stand tending) to alter the forest fuels for fire management…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

A Wildfire Threat Rating System for the Birkenhead and Gates landscape units, British Columbia

Blackwell, Gray, Steele, Needoba, Green, MacKenzie
In 2000 the Squamish Forest District began a pilot project to study the effects of prescribed fire on forest succession, fuel dynamics, regeneration, wildlife habitat, and timber supply within two landscape units encompassing 103,000 ha north of Pemberton, British Columbia.…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The Cerro Grande Fire bombshell [abstract]

Valerio
On 4 May 2000, the Bandelier National Monument initiated a prescribed fire south and west of the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to reduce accumulated forest fuels near Cerro Grande Peak. On 5 May, the fire was declared a wildfire…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Mapping fire regime condition class: a method for watershed and project scale analysis

Hann
Fire regime and associated condition class mapping have provided key data for development of cohesive strategies for restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems and for the National Fire Plan within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and U.S. Department of Interior…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wildland fire education: going the distance in Alaska: Fire! In Alaska course objectives

Sturm, Weaver
From the text ... 'Communicating with educators in rural Alaska is hard, but it is critical that Alaskan educators have access to exciting, interdisciplinary fire education materials. ...Distance education is an excellent tool to help reach wildland fire ecology, behavior, and…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS