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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Rideout, Ziesler
Three longstanding and pervasive myths of wildland fire management are identified and explained using a basic application of economic theory. Each myth is explained and the collection of myths is examined to identify a common misapplication of the theory that ties them together…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hall
ANNOTATION: This paper describes how most wood bioenergy crop systems in the United States are still in the early stages of development, with a wide variety of approaches under test in different regions of the country. In the United States, dedicated wood biomass cropland is…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
ANNOTATION: There is a substantial global need for development of biofuels, bioenergy, and bioproducts systems and technologies that can economically and sustainably produce short rotation crops across multiple temporal and spatial scales. Topic areas in these proceedings were…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
ANNOTATION: These case studies show that all aspects of woody biomass removals, from markets to mechanization, are evolving. This report identifies the building blocks for successful biomass projects-including public involvement, partnerships with contractors, and judicious…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Evans
ANNOTATION: Woody biomass-usually logging slash, tops and limbs, or trees that cannot be sold as timber-is the lowest valued material removed from the forest and presents economic and logistical challenges. This report brings together 45 case studies of how biomass is removed…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bergman, Zerbe
ANNOTATION: This paper explains and describes the concepts of wood energy on a residential, commercial, and industrial scale in the United States so that the Forest Service can help meet the demands of communities involved in the forest-products industry. In addition,…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) is a suite of computer modeling tools for predicting the long-term effects of alternative forest management actions. FVS was developed in the early 1980s and is used throughout the United Sates and British Columbia. The Third FVS conference…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rummer
The basic costs of the operations for implementing fuel reduction treatments are used to evaluate treatment effectiveness, select among alternatives, estimate total project costs, and build national program strategies. However, a review of the literature indicates that there is…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Calkin, Jones, Hyde
After the containment of large wildland fires, major onsite and downstream effects including lost soil productivity, watershed response, increased vulnerability to invasive weeds, and downstream sedimentation can cause threats to human life and property. Burned Area Emergency…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Canton-Thompson, Gebert, Thompson, Jones, Calkin, Donovan
Large wildland fires are complex, costly events influenced by a vast array of physical, climatic, and social factors. Changing climate, fuel buildup due to past suppression, and increasing populations in the wildland-urban interface have all been blamed for the extreme fire…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Third International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning and Policy: Common Problems and Approaches
Wildland fire management programs and fire suppression is multi-faceted, spanning intellectual disciplines and administrative boundaries. Planning and implementing fire management programs requires knowledge and experience in fire science, ecosystem ecology, fuel dynamics,…
Year: 2008
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Abt, Prestemon, Gebert
Book's description: This book provides a unique, state-of-the-art review of both traditional and emerging themes in the economics of natural forest disturbances. Although natural disturbances such as wildfire, hurricanes and pests have long been recognized as important factors…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Abt, Huggett, Holmes
Book's description: This book provides a unique, state-of-the-art review of both traditional and emerging themes in the economics of natural forest disturbances. Although natural disturbances such as wildfire, hurricanes and pests have long been recognized as important factors…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holmes, Prestemon, Abt
This book provides a unique, state-of-the-art review of both traditional and emerging themes in the economics of natural forest disturbances. Although natural disturbances such as wildfire, hurricanes and pests have long been recognized as important factors influencing the…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mercer, Haight, Prestemon
With expenditures to suppress wildfires in the United States increasing rapidly during the past couple of decades, fire managers, scientists, and policy makers have begun an intense effort to develop alternative approaches to managing wildfire. One alternative is 'fuels…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES