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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Cruz, Wakimoto, Alexander
The unknowns in fire phenomenology lead to simplified empirical approachs to build models designed to predict the initiation and spread of crown fires. This information is needed to support decision making in a large array of fire management problems. The present study is based…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Allen, Falk, Hoffman, Klingel, Morgan, Savage, Schulke, Stacey, Suckling, Swetnam
This paper outlines a broad and flexible framework for ecological restoration of Southwestern ponderosa pine forests, supporting a diverse range of scientifically viable restoration approaches. Ponderosa pine forests in the region have been radically altered by human uses,…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hirsch, Kafka
Sustainable forest management in many of Canada*s forest ecosystems requires minimizing the socioeconomic impacts of fire and maximizing its ecological benefits. More specifically, while significant losses of life, property, and natural resources from wildfire are generally not…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hann, Hilbruner
We predicted future fire regime and ecosystem conditions on National Forests and Grasslands of the western United States for inclusion in the U.S. Forest Service report "Protecting People and Sustaining Resources in Fire-Adapted Ecosystems, A Cohesive Strategy” (Laverty et al.…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Grace, Smith, Collins, Grace, Stohlgren
Temperate grasslands are currently among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. In North America, their widespread use for agriculture and livestock grazing, in addition to the effects of urbanization and other human activities, have led to dramatic losses in the extent…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brooks, Pyke
Two very different vegetation types characterize the deserts of North America. Shrublands are typical of the Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts. Perennial grasslands are most prevalent in the Chihuahuan Desert. Historically, fires were generally infrequent in shrublands…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Andrews, Bradshaw, Hunter
The Wildland Fire Assessment System is an internet-based system that provides information on fire danger, fire potential, and weather. WFAS is being updated to offer viewing options beyond the national maps that were available in the past. Improvements include easier access to…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hutt, Madrid
The need for information on the status, location and proximity of wildfires to values at risk has prompted the formation of the Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group (GeoMAC) . The GeoMAC team, with representatives from the DOI-USGS, BLM, F&WS, BIA, NPS and USDA-FS,…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sandberg, Ottmar, Cushon
The USDA Forest Service Fire and Environmental Research Applications (FERA) Team, on behalf of the Joint Fire Sciences Program, is developing a system for characterizing fuels on managed and unmanaged wildland fuelbeds throughout the United States. The objective of the Fuels…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Caratti, Hann, Long, Menakis
National Forest and Grassland fire management has historically emphasized wildfire suppression and provided prescribed fire and fuel management support to other resources. Many fire management fuel treatments often occurred in a fragmented pattern because prescribed fire…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brittain, Bevins, Bradshaw
FireFamily Plus is the new software for summarizing and analyzing daily weather observations and computing fire danger indices based on the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS). While the software and packaging are new, many of the reports are not. FireFamily Plus…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Durland
Problem Statement: An logical application and documentation process is needed to prioritize, quantify and determine costs for fire prevention and fuels treatment areas and to predict or model the effectiveness of prevention program options in the reduction and cost savings of…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hesseln, Rideout
The fire season of 2000 is one of the most severe on record, burning approximately seven million acres by the end of September—over 2.5 times the 10-year average of 2.6 million acres. Fires burning in the wildland-urban interface have resulted in millions of dollars of private…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cleaves
The wildland fire situation is a question of risk. Risk is in essence the exposure to a chance of loss. However, putting concept of risk into practice is quite complex. Each of the parts of any risk — probability, exposure pathway, and loss value - is multi-dimensional,…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mangan
Wildland fire operation, both suppression and prescribed burning, are hazardous activities under the best of condition. Individual firefighters work long hours, on difficult terrain, under high temperatures, performing extremely arduous work for multiple days in succession. Is…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Smith
The social impact of wildfire is influenced by how journalists report major conflagrations such as this year*s Cerro Grande fire in New Mexico. Wildfire reporting has improved since the 1988 Yellowstone fires but is still influenced by urban stereotypes about rural issues. The…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
The effect of fire season on small mammal and arthropod biodiversity in shortgrass steppe [abstract]
I experimentally analyzed the effect of fire season on small mammal and arthropod biodiversity in shortgrass steppe. Arthropods and mammals play important roles in the functioning of shortgrass steppe, serving as decomposers, pollinators, herbivores, predators or prey- cycling…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown
Woody debris provides habitat for a great variety of wildlife. Up to 213 of our wildlife species use dead wood structures or woody debris for some portion of their life cycles. Activities during fire suppression such as snag and tree removal eliminates habitat used by a great…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mullen
The Cerro Grande has been called the biggest fire in New Mexico history. The Cerro Grande blaze raged across the hillsides above Los Alamos National Laboratory, then, driven by high winds, the fire raced through the Laboratory and the Los Alamos town site. The fire destroyed…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Clinton, Vose, Knoepp, Elliott
Southern Appalachian forests are undergoing considerable change due to altered disturbance regimes. For example, fire exclusion has had a major impact on the structure and function of pine/hardwood ecosystems. Recently, fire has been used in a variety of applications; 1) stand-…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Snow
From the text... 'The U.S. Forest Service, surveying the wake of the fire, began making plans to re-seed the scorched areas, and to use a relatively new technique known as hydromulching as the best way to rehabilitate problem locations such as steep slopes and other erosion-…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hiers, Wyatt, Mitchell
The biodiversity of fire-dependent ecosystems is increasingly threatened by habitat fragmentation and fire suppression. Reducing species loss requires that salient features of natural fire regimes be incorporated into managed regimes, Lightning-season burns have been emphasized…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Finn
From the text ... 'The safety of our firefighters is paramount, and the best tool we can give them is accurate information, conveyed clearly and on time.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ingalsbee
From the text ... 'In May 2000, the Forest Service released a proposal to protect roadless areas on the national forests and grasslands from degradation through future roadbuilding. The Roadless Area Conservation Draft Environmental Impact Statement, coupled with an unusually…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Executive Summary: On August 8, 2000, President Clinton asked Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to prepare a report that recommends how best to respond to this year*s severe fires, reduce the impacts of these wildland fires on rural…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS