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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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
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
Baldwin
From the text ... 'The public needs to learn that fire is a dynamic factor of the forest environment, not necessarily good or bad but natural. ...the very efficiency of the fire brigades guarantees fuel accumulations that will one day produce a holocaust.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
The Research and Development (R&D) arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service works at the forefront of science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests and grasslands. Research has been part of the Forest Service mission since the agency's…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klade
Includes highlights of the history of organizations that preceded formation of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in 1954. Provides detailed accounts of Intermountain Station research and administrative accomplishments, some of the people who led activities,…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Scott
Quantitative scales of fire magnitude and intensity are needed to assess and publicly communicate the unbiased potential of wildland fire to cause effects-harm, damage, and ecological change. Such scales already exist for earthquakes (Richter Scale and Mercalli Scale),…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Winter, Bigler-Cole
A user needs assessment surrounding National Predictive Services was conducted involving current and prospective customers. Needs assessments (Rossi, Freeman and Lipsey 1999) are a useful form of program evaluation. National Predictive Services offers products and services…
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
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
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
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
McCaffrey
Presents key social science findings from three National Fire Plan-sponsored research projects. Articles highlight information of likely interest to individuals working to decrease wildfire hazards on both private and public lands. Three general topic areas are addressed: (1)…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson, Bengston, Nelson, Fan
Managers have an opportunity during times of peak media coverage of wildfire to expand the discussion about defensible space from the current focus on vegetation clearing to include the full range of activities a homeowner can undertake to mitigate damage. Currently, news media…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hrobak, Jandt
Local residents, working with the village council and Alaska Fire Service, received federal funding to reduce the fire risk and hazard to private residential structures by modifying fuel structure and continuity of 66 acres around the community of Tanacross. Additional acres…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Conard, Hilbruner, Riebau, Langner, Burch, Beighley, Weise, Sandberg, Edminster, Heilman, Jewell, Saveland, Miller, Parsons, Hoover, Ottmar, Potter, Brett
This document presents the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Wildland Fire and Fuels Research and Development (R&D) Strategic Plan for the next 10 years (through 2015). The plan provides a framework to implement a national program of research and science…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Olson, Cronan, Camp, Barnes, McKenzie
The Alaska Interagency Fire Management Plan recognizes the critical role of wildland fires in maintaining the ecological integrity of boreal forests. Identifying and maintaining natural fire regimes is an important component of fire management and is a wise undertaking from both…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Meyers
The focus of the paper is on fire as an element affecting the conservation of biodiversity and maintaining sustainable resources and ecosystem services for people. Thusly, emphasis is placed on the management of fire at places identified for their conservation value. Effective…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jakes, Williams
Document detailing eight key steps to successfully developing CWPPs. As communities develop and implement their community wildfire protection plans (CWPP), they have successes that other communities may find useful as they begin their CWPP efforts. At a recent meeting of people…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bujak
To develop a web-based, GIS-interfaced CWPP monitoring tool to assess progress and outcomes of CWPP's. The availability of this web-based inventory and assessment tool will build capacity among key agencies, programs, and associations to link emerging CWPP's with geographic…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bujak, Burns
The primary intent of this update is to acquaint interested parties with the general framework for the upcoming case study research, and the significant areas of inquiry being pursued. The inquiry into collaboration in CWPP development is focused within three primary areas: the…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kaufmann, Shlisky, Marchand
The first rule of tinkering is to save all the parts, according to forester, philosopher, and hunter Aldo Leopold. Leopold was thinking about wildfire 50 years ago when he also was questioning his own role in exterminating large predators, wondering how their removal might…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bujak, Burns
Overview of transfer the practical knowledge gathered from the JFSP-CWPP project to selected wildfire mitigation, community and professional practitioners, local government officials, and fire managers at all levels. The inquiry into collaboration in CWPP development is focused…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews, Butler
Fuels management programs are designed to reduce risks to communities and to improve and maintain ecosystem health. The International Association of Wildland Fire initiated the 1st Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference to address development, implementation, and evaluation of these…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Keough, Blahna
Although numerous principles have been identified as being important for successfully integrating social and ecological factors in collaborative management, few authors have illustrated how these principles are used and why they are effective. On the basis of a review of the…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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: FRAMES