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Aerial application of fire retardant: cultural resources specialist report

Reed
This specialist report is an assessment of the potential for the aerial application of fire retardant to affect the character and integrity of historic properties. Additional general information about fire retardant can be found in the EIS.
Type: Document
Year: 2011

Bandelier National Monument fire management plan 2005

Rodgers, Kemp, Koontz
Bandelier National Monument and the surrounding Jemez Mountains have a long history of wildland fire. The restoration of fire, as a natural disturbance process, to its historic role at Bandelier is one of the Monument's highest management priorities.
Type: Document
Year: 2005

Using forest management techniques to alter forest fuels and reduce wildfire size: an exploratory analysis

Hirsch, Kafka, Todd
During the next few decades, a considerable portion of the productive boreal forest in Canada will be harvested and there is an excellent opportunity to use forest management activities (e.g., harvesting, regeneration, stand tending) to alter the…
Type: Document
Year: 2004

Longleaf pine on South Carolina's heritage preserves

Stowe
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) acquires land in the state to protect rare species and ecosystems, and significant cultural and archaeological sites. These lands -- called heritage preserves (HPs) -- also provide outstanding…
Type: Document
Year: 1999

Restoration in northwest interior forests

Hardy, Keane, Harrington
From the text...'The term restoration relates to activities required to reduce hazards from wildland fires and improve federal forest and grassland health to a condition that can be maintained through periodic disturbance. Restoration and…
Type: Document
Year: 1999

Fire in sacred groves and wildlife reserves: the case of the boabeng-fiema monkey sanctuary

Nsiah-Gyabaah
From the text... "This paper examines the pressures that lead to reduction of biodiversity especially the threat of wildfire to environmental resources, how indigenous people in Ghana protect vital environmental resources through culture, religion…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Fire effects on archaeological resources, phase 1: the Henry Fire, Holiday Mesa, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

Lentz, Gaunt, Willmer
This report presents the Phase I results of a joint project between the Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS) of the Museum of New Mexico and the USDA Forest Service (USFS). The objectives of this study were to: 1) Determine whether cultural…
Type: Document
Year: 1996

Heritage resources and fire management: a resource management crossroads

Cartledge
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Type: Document
Year: 1996

Remembering the La Mesa Fire

Lissoway
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Type: Document
Year: 1996

Protecting endangered species at Canaveral National Seashore

Stiner
From the text...'To many people, the thought of Canaveral National Seashore conjures up images of long stretches of pristine beach or spectacular NASA shuttle launches. Not as well known is the fact that the Seashore contains one of the most…
Type: Document
Year: 1994