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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Barnes
Preliminary list of fire research needs in Alaska.
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Swaty
This webinar by Randy Swaty, provides an introduction to a new LANDFIRE tool, the vegetation departure calculator (VDC), including a brief introduction to LANDFIRE and ecological departure measures and a demonstration of the tool. This webinar was hosted by the Fire Learning…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ryan
Dr. Mike Ryan, USDA Forest Service Research Forest Ecologist, presented a scientific synthesis of the forest carbon cycle. The synthesis covers the entire US, but Dr. Ryan focused on the western US for this webinar. Forests play a key role in the carbon cycle and their growth…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
DeFries, Smith, Miller
Through a unique multi-agency partnership, the Village of Tanacross was able to implement a shaded fuel break around the community in 2001. In May of 2010, this fuels treatment was put to the test by the Eagle Trail Fire. Although the fuel break was not impacted directly by the…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rupp
The Nenana Ridge Experimental Fuels Treatment Project was funded by the Joint Fire Science Program and designed to quantify the effects of fuels reduction treatments on fire behavior and post-fire vegetation dynamics in Alaska black spruce. This project began in 2006 with…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar
Fuel moistures samples along with along with duff (forest floor) consumption measurements were collected before and after the Nenana Ridge Prescribed Research Burn. These results are important as forest floor biomass and moisture are key components of fire in boreal ecosystems…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rupp
The Nenana Ridge Experimental Fuels Treatment Project is designed to quantify the effects of fuels reduction treatments (thinning and shearblading) on fire behavior and post-fire vegetation dynamics in Alaska black spruce. On June 17th, 2009, one unit within the Nenana Ridge…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Hawkes
The southwest Yukon is currently experiencing a widespread outbreak of spruce bark beetle, creating an extensive area of standing dead trees. With the increased level of fire risk, monitoring fuel treatment effectiveness, especially in terms of reducing crown fire spread, has…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES