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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
Year
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Gray
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Allen, Prepas, Gabos, Strachan, Zhang
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Munson, Fisher
From the text ... 'A transfer of command should not be confused with a transition in fire behavior or in situational complexity on a fire. ...Recognizing potentially deadly changes in fire behavior should begin on the first day of fire season.'
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
The following list of research topics was generated by agencies within AWFCG during 2005. The topics were ranked originally by the AWFCG Fire Research and Development Committee (FRDAC) and finally by the AWFCG members. Ranking was as follows: 3= high, 2 = medium, 1= low (or H…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Williams
From the introduction to the document ... '... In summary there are eleven major reasons for American Indian ecosystem burning, which are drived from well over 300 studies: Hunting ...Crop management ... Improve growth and yields ... Fireproof areas ... Insect collection ...…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Burke, Prepas, Pinder
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Benscoter, Kelman, Vitt
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kolaks, Grabner, Hartman, Cutter, Loewenstein
From the text ... 'Several years ago, Blank and Simard (1983) described an electronic timer, frequently referred to as a rate-of-spread (ROS) clock -- a relatively simple instrument used in measuring fire spread. Although other techniques for measuring rate of spread are…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
The 2005 fire season was unusually busy because weather conditions lined up the right combination of dry weather and ignitions from lightning strikes to result in large, long-lasting fires. On September 1, 2005, the number of acres burned in Alaska became greater than that of…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Listed below is a summary of finding and comments based on lessons learned as this study was conducted. 1. Fixed-wing Type 1 and 2 airtankers are justified as an integral component of the initial attack resources for land management agencies. 2. Due to differences in speed, tank…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Greulich
Under high initial attack fire loads, dispatchers sometimes redirect airtankers that are working on other fires. The inherent variability of flight distance between random fire locations is a potentially important aspect of any model that would reallocate the airtanker resource…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Braun, Fouts, Silver, Putnam
The fire shelter is an integral part of wildland firefighting Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). There is growing concern, however, that firefighters may accept greater levels of risk while carrying them. Such concerns are consistent with Risk Homeostasis Theory, which…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Sullivan, Jones, Krueger, Zuuring, Troutwine
Presents a guide to the operation of MAGIS eXpress, a spatial decision support system. This program spatially schedules treatments and road activities for small landscapes to design vegetation management projects. MAGIS eXpress is designed to install and run on personal…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stanturf, Fowler, Reitz, Finley, Neznek, Araman
Description not entered.
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Reams, Haines, Renner, Wascom, Kingre
The dramatic expansion into the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) places property, natural assets, and human life at risk from wildfire destruction. The U.S. National Fire Plan encourages communities to implement laws and outreach programs for pre-fire planning to mitigate the risk…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
O'Laughlin
Wildfire poses risks to fish and wildlife habitat, among other things. Management projects to reduce the severity of wildfire effects by implementing hazardous fuel reduction treatments also pose risks. How can land managers determine which risk is greater? Comparison of risks…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Nitschke
The emulation of natural disturbances is seen by many as an important management paradigm for achieving sustainable ecosystem management. To successfully emulate natural disturbances, managers must first have an understanding of the complex interactions that occur to the…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Luce, Buffington, Rieman, Dunham, McKean, Thurow, Gutiérrez-Teira, Rosenberger
Conservation and restoration of freshwater stream and river habitats are important goals for land management and natural resources research. Several examples of research have emerged showing that many species are adapted to temporary habitat disruptions, but that these…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Graham, McCaffrey
The geographic focus of the 'Fuels Planning: Science Synthesis and Integration' project (known as the Fuels Synthesis Project) is on the dry forests of the Western United States. Project goals include developing accessible analyses, protocols, and tools; writing peer-reviewed…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dunham, Chandler, Rieman, Martin
Digital data loggers (thermographs) are among the most widespread instruments in use for monitoring physical conditions in aquatic ecosystems. The intent of this protocol is to provide guidelines for selecting and programming data loggers, sampling water temperatures in the…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Elliot, Robichaud
This fact sheet describes the sources of sediment in upland forest watersheds in the context of fuel management activities. It presents the dominant forest soil erosion processes, and the principles behind the new sediment delivery interface developed to aid in erosion analysis…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Elliot, Hall
The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Fuel Management (FuMe) tool was developed to estimate sediment generated by fuel management activities. WEPP FuMe estimates sediment generated for 12 fuel-related conditions from a single input. This fact sheet identifies the intended…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Robichaud, Beyers, Neary
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES