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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Addressing wildfire is not simply a fire management, fire operations, or wildland-urban interface problem - it is a larger, more complex land management and societal issue. The vision for the next century is to: Safely and effectively extinguish fire, when needed; use fire where…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Burton, Macdonald
Many of the world's forests are not primeval; forest restoration aims to reverse alterations caused by human use. Forest restoration (including reforestation and forest rehabilitation) is widely researched and practiced around the globe. A review of recent literature reveals…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cook, Sutton
From the text ... 'With an eye to what has been learned in the past, the wildland fire service can now meet the challenge of developing future leaders for an increasingly complex and high-tempo work environment..'
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Keane, Holsinger, Parsons
A measure of the degree of departure of a landscape from its range of historical conditions can provide a means for prioritizing and planning areas for restoration treatments. There are few statistics or indices that provide a quantitative context for measuring departure across…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
USGS research botanist Matt Brooks and National Wildlife Refuges invasive species coordinator Michael Lusk have compiled a handbook titled Fire Management and Invasive Plants, with support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Refuge System, USGS and the Joint Fire…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Even before firefighters have left a burn site, a second wave of specialists is deployed. Their task: to assess the burn site; determine the level of risk to life, property, and ecological resources; and determine quickly the most effective postfire treatments for emergency…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Benson, Garmestani
The concept of resilience is now frequently invoked by natural resource agencies in the US. This reflects growing trends within ecology, conservation biology, and other disciplines acknowledging that social-ecological systems require management approaches recognizing their…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
In response to the increasing complexities of fire management the National Fire Decision Support Center (NFDSC) was created in May 2009. The Center, a group of scientists, researchers and practitioners has been operational for the past two years. Complexities of fire management…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Steelman, McCaffrey
Conventional wisdom within American federal fire management agencies suggests that external influence such as community or political pressure for aggressive suppression are key factors circumscribing the ability to execute less aggressive fire management strategies. Thus, a…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cook, Sutton
Leadership is one of the most essential elements for success in the wildland fire service, and the importance of developing competent and confident leaders has been echoed in many venues. The 1995 Findings from the Human Factors Workshop (Putnam 1995), the 1998 Wildland…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Carlson
Ric Carlson relates one occurrence when his optimism in a burn plan colored his perspective.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Farley
From federal and state land management policies, to Clean Air Act regulations, to energy incentive programs, and even new proposed legislative efforts, the policy environment surrounding use of biomass resources for bioenergy and climate change mitigation is complex and rapidly…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Kolden
Considerable evidence exists that climate impacts wildfires and that climate change will continue to provide challenges for fire management. For fire managers, a key step in meeting those challenges is to identify ways to utilize climate information in order to both mitigate…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES