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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Huntington, Trainor, Natcher, Huntington, DeWilde, Chapin
Community workshops are widely used tools for collaborative research on social-ecological resilience in indigenous communities. Although results have been reported in many publications, few have reflected explicitly on the workshop itself, and specifically on understanding what…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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
Noss, Beier, Covington, Grumbine, Lindenmayer, Prather, Schmiegelow, Sisk, Vosick
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sexton
From the text ... 'A coordinated, interagency effort is required to ensure that fire use programs are implemented in a professional and competent manner.... Fire management is as much a philosophy and attitude toward the land as it is an action program.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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
Harbour
From the text ... 'Fire suppression duties today are performed in a political, cultural, and physical environment that is more challenging than ever before.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hollenshead
From the text ... 'Without clearly articulated doctrinal principles in wildland fire suppression, the agency has no consistent basis for its actions or responses.... The current risk to the agency is that improper behaviors, poor judgment, or the lack of critical decisionmaking…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
The 2006 Alaska fire season started out quietly, with the first human-caused fire of the season on April 11th in the Fairbanks area. A total of 250 human-caused fires resulted in 144,811.8 acres burned. On May 15, the Little Delta fire became the first lightning fire of the…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Talberth, Berrens, McKee, Jones
When confronted by catastrophic wildfire risk, homeowners simultaneously allocate resources between insurance and averting activities. Expected utility theory suggests that complete insurance coverage precludes investment in averting activities. However, when potential losses…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Laband, González-Cabán, Hussain
Using the database developed by the General Accounting Office on proposed fuels reduction actions on federal lands in 2001 and 2002, we conduct probit regression analysis to identify factors that significantly affect the likelihood of administrative appeal. The likelihood of…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Wright
Following passage of the 1998 National Parks Omnibus Management Act (also known as the Thomas Bill), the National Park Service (NPS) secured funding through the Natural Resource Challenge (NRC) to promote scientifically sound management of parks, increase the scientific…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Winandy, Hunt, Turk, Anderson
Following natural disasters (such as hurricanes, tornados, or tsunamis), when civilians become displaced, or when military troops are deployed overseas, temporary housing is often a critical need. The USDA Forest Products Laboratory recently developed a lightweight,…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zimmerman, Akerelrea, Smith, O'Keefe
Natural-resource managers have used a variety of computer-mediated presentation methods to communicate management practices to diverse publics. We explored the effects of visualizing and animating predictions from mathematical models in computerized presentations explaining…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Butler, Forthofer, Finney, Bradshaw, Stratton
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technology has been used to model wind speed and direction in mountainous terrain at a relatively high resolution compared to other readily available technologies. The process termed "gridded wind"; is not a forecast, but rather represents a…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brooks, Bujak, Champ, Williams
We reviewed, annotated, and organized recent social science research and developed a framework for addressing the wildland fire social problem. We annotated articles related to three topic areas or factors, which are critical for understanding collective action, particularly in…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McDaniel
'The number one challenge we face in our fire management and fuels treatment program here in western Colorado is communication and public involvement,' says Tim Foley, fire management officer for the Bureau of Land Management in the western slope of Colorado. 'From working with…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cooper, Wilfong, Peterson
The 10.25 million acres of the Kenai Peninsula Borough in Southcentral Alaska is at risk for catastrophic wildfire due to hazardous fuel accumulations created by the spruce bark beetle epidemic. The All Lands/All Hands Action Plan for FY 2005-2009 was developed for: (1) fire…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
A roll call analysis of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and constituent interests in fire policy
This study examined national wildland fire policy by focusing on the political process. The evolution of federal wildland fire policies was reviewed first. Wildland fire suppression in the long term has resulted in a high accumulation of fuels on federal forestlands. The…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Absher, Vaske, Bright, Donnelly
Understanding public attitudes toward wildland fire management policies is important for effectively managing natural resources and communicating with the pubic. Ipsative crystallization is a measure of individual attitude consensus. This article examines the utility of ipsative…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brenkert-Smith
As the wildland-urban interface (WUI) grows in size and density and increasing levels of funding are being directed toward education and outreach programs targeting residents in these communities, it is becoming increasingly important to investigate residents’ responses to…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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 1 showed that both the experts and the public tend to emphasize uncontrollable…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Morton, Berg, Newbould, MacLean, O'Brien
In this article, we review the 2005 fire season on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, especially the five lightning starts in wilderness. The decision process for suppressing these fires, or not, clarifies some of the major obstacles to allowing wildland fires in wilderness.
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Renner, Reams, Haines
The growth of residential communities within forest areas throughout the country, and particularly in the West, has increased the danger to life and property from uncontrolled wildfire. The conflict of permanent residential settlements built next to a fire-adapted ecosystem has…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Since the advent of the National Fire Plan in 2000, governmental and non-governmental entities have collaborated to make significant progress on multiple fronts in addressing the issues brought to national attention by the fires of 2000 and addressed in the 10-Year Strategy and…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sturtevant, McCaffrey
Managers may often wonder why some people do not choose to adopt defensible space practices despite understanding the benefits of doing so. Research has sought to understand why a new practice or innovation is or is not adopted. This paper will briefly discuss factors found to…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES