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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Loeffler, Brandt, Morgan, Jones
This annotated bibliography is a synthesis of information products available to land managers in the western United States regarding economic and financial aspects of forestry-based woody biomass removal, a component of fire hazard and/or fuel reduction treatments. This…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ingalsbee
From the text (p. 34) ... 'Given the fact that climate change will cause many wildfires to burn larger and longer, the real issue in the near future will not be cost reduction or even cost containment, but rather, cost management. Expenditures may still remain high as the amount…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Harbour
From the text ... '..., we have established cooperative agreements with state and many local entities and outlined how each will respond and provide mutual aid and cost-effective fire protection for public lands and their surrounding communities. Additional partnerships include…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Egan
From the flap: 'Egan narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire with unstoppable dramatic force. Equally dramatic is the larger story he tells of outsized president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pioneering the notion…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Butler, Goldstein
Wildland fire management in the United States is caught in a rigidity trap, an inability to apply novelty and innovation in the midst of crisis. Despite wide recognition that public agencies should engage in ecological fire restoration, fire suppression still dominates planning…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Platt
The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the area where human-built structures and infrastructure abut or mix with naturally occurring vegetation types. Wildfires are of particular concern in the WUI because these areas comprise extensive flammable vegetation, numerous structures,…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Goldstein, Butler, Hull
Conservation Learning Networks (UN) are an emerging conservation strategy for addressing complex resource management challenges that face the forestry profession. The US Fire Learning Network (FLN) is a successful example of a CLN that operates on a national scale. Developed in…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davies, Kareiva, Armsworth
The full or partial acquisition of land remains a predominant focus of terrestrial conservation strategies. Non-governmental organizations play an important role in habitat protection, yet few studies investigate their contribution to conservation investment. Here we examine…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sutton
From the text ... 'The problem with relying too much on memorization of rules to keep us safe is that we are presupposing that a firefighter's mind will retrieve the appropriate piece of memorized information for any situation, even under stress, and make it available just when…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Scholz
From the text ... 'Most of us don't know the 10 standard firefighting orders and 18 watch out situations, the '10 & 18,' by heart. Judging by our fatality reports and close calls, it shows.'
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lasko
From the text ... 'A revision to the 2003 Interagency Strategy removes the distinction between wildland fire use and wildfire. This will enhance a fire manager's ability to implement Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy by allowing consideration of the full range of positive…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Aplet, Wilmer
From the text ... 'Policymakers and forestry experts recognize that, after a century of fire suppression, there is a crisis in forest health: fire-dependent ecosystems starved of regular fire cycles now have unhealthy fuel loads and experience unnaturally large wildfires.'
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mell, Manzello, Maranghides, Butry, Rehm
Wildfires that spread into wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities present significant challenges on several fronts. In the United States, the WUI accounts for a significant portion of wildland fire suppression and wildland fuel treatment costs. Methods to reduce structure…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Dietenberger
Effective mitigation of external fires on structures can be achieved flexibly, economically, and aesthetically by (1) preventing large-area ignition on structures by avoiding close proximity of burning vegetation; and (2) stopping flame travel from firebrands landing on…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Smith
From the text ... 'State foresters provide leadership in building community capacity to manage forest resources, promoting accountability and efficiency, addressing threats to forests, and promoting the role of forests in the environmental and economic health of the nation.'
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Miller, Davidson-Hunt, Peters
In this paper, we present how elders of Pikangikum First Nation in northwestern Ontario have drawn upon their knowledge and values associated with fire to engage in fire management planning for 1.3 million hectares of their traditional boreal forest territory. Over a period of…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lowell, Rapp, Haynes, Cray
We update and expand the 1992 survey of research findings by Lowell and colleagues, providing an ecological context for the findings, using a more reader-friendly format, and including extensive citations so readers can get indepth information on particular topics. Our intent is…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Larkin, Brown, Lahm, Zimmerman
From the text ... 'The Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) is a new Web-based system designed to integrate science and technology in support of risk-informed decisionmaking for wildland fires. ... WFDSS replaces three past wildland fire decision analysis and…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barnes
Preliminary list of fire research needs in Alaska.
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Annually in the U.S., smoking causes 438 thousand deaths and costs about $167 billion in healthcare and lost productivity. Despite these statistics, more than a fourth of young adults continue to light up. Quitting smoking has major and immediate health benefits at every age but…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
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Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Dilts, Yang, Weisberg
Large-scale manipulative experiments are critically important for linking ecological theory with land management at a relevant spatial scale. Statistically powerful inferential approaches such as the before-after-control-impact design involve pairing a small number of treatment…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mazza
In 2010, station researchers provided land managers and policymakers with critical information related to ecological processes, environmental threats, forest management, and use of natural resources. The station also capitalized on opportunities to expand its research in these…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Liljeblad, Borrie, Watson
Trust is a complicated emotion. In the past, many social scientists have studied trust. They discovered that trust involves a number of beliefs and emotions. The scientists in this study were interested in learning more about trust. They believed that forest managers can do a…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The following list of fire research topics and questions were generated by personnel from agencies and organizations within AWFCG during 2010 Fall Fire Review and through other solicitations. The topics were initially ranked by the AWFCG Fire Research, Development and…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES