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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Donovan, Brown
Wildfire suppression expenditures on national forest land have increased over the last 35 years, exceeding US$ 1 billion in 2000 and 2002. These increases in expenditure have been attributed, in part, to a century of aggressive wildfire suppression, resulting in a buildup of…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Donovan, Noordijk
To determine the optimal suppression strategy for escaped wildfires, federal land managers are required to conduct a wildland fire situation analysis (WFSA). As part of the WFSA process, fire managers estimate final fire size and suppression costs. Estimates from 58 WFSAs…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
DellaSala, Williams, Williams, Franklin
Fire performs many beneficial ecosystem functions in dry forests and rangelands across much of North America. In the last century, however, the role of fire has been dramatically altered by numerous anthropogenic factors acting as root causes of the current fire crisis,…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Cohen
Wildland-urban fire destruction depends on homes igniting and thus requires an examination of the ignition requirements. A physical-theoretical model, based on severe case conditions and ideal heat transfer characteristics, estimated wood wall ignition occurrence from flame…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Clark, Hardy
Alaskans in general felt that fires burned communities elsewhere but not in their backyard. That all started to change after the disastrous Miller's Reach Fire in June of 1996. Now Alaskans are thinking about and discussing the hazards and destructive power of wildfire.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cheyette, Rupp, Rodman
Fire behavior modeling systems are playing an increasingly important role in identifying areas of the wildland-urban interface (WUI) that could support intense and fast-moving wildfires. The modeling systems also can be used to prioritize areas for fuels reduction treatments. We…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Charnley
I evaluated the Northwest Forest Plan as a model for ecosystem management to achieve social and economic goals in communities located around federal forests in the US. Pacific Northwest. My assessment is based on the results of socioeconomic monitoring conducted to evaluate…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Calkin, Gebert, Jones, Neilson
Extreme fire seasons in recent years and associated high suppression expenditures have brought about a chorus of calls for reform of federal firefighting structure and policy. Given the political nature of the topic, a critical review of past trends in area burned, size of fires…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butry
This paper examines the effect wildfire mitigation has on broad-scale wildfire behavior. Each year, hundreds of million of dollars are spent on fire suppression and fuels management applications, yet little is known, quantitatively, of the returns to these programs in terms of…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Black, Perin
To facilitate delivery and use of the Fuels Planning: Science Synthesis and Integration Project's (Project) products, the Project team engaged in a series of technology transfer activities throughout the life of the project. These included bringing land managers into the design…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Bildstein, Bancroft, Dugan, Gordon, Erwin, Nol, Payne, Senner
Coastal wetlands rank among the most productive and ecologically valuable natural ecosystems on Earth. Unfortunately, they are also some of the most disturbed. Because they are productive and can serve as transporation arteries, coastal wetlands have long attracted human…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Eagan, O'Neill, Lahm, Menakis, Dzomba
On January 6, 2010, the EPA proposed to strengthen the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. EPA also proposed an accelerated implementation schedule as part of this Rule. The primary standard is designed to protect public health and the proposal…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Potter, Fox
After nearly a century of avid fire suppression, land managers are substantially increasing prescribed burning to meet ecosystem management objectives. As scientists and managers we need to accurately quantify the capacity of airsheds to assimilate smoke and related atmospheric…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Campbell
'The United States obtains approximately 2.7 quads of energy per year from biomass while producing 1.5-3.0 million tons of ash. In the future, energy from biomass should increase to 4 quads, and perhaps it will go as high as 10-20 quads (1). Most of this energy comes from paper…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sydes, Miller
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Tidwell, Brown
From the text ... 'One way to protect the WUI is to restore surrounding landscapes to a healthy, resilient condition. Healthy, resilient forest ecosystems are less likely to see uncharacteristically severe wildfires that turn into human and ecological disasters. The USDA Forest…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cohen
From the text... 'Wildand-urban interface (W-UI) fires are a significant concern for federal, state, and local land management and fire agencies. research using modeling experiments, and W-UI case studies indicates that home ignitability during wildland fires depends on the…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cohen
Wildland-urban interface (W-UI) fires are a significant concern for federal, state, and local land management and fire agencies. Research using modeling, experiments, and W-UI case studies indicates that home ignitability during wildland fires depends on the characteristics of…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES