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Naiman, Turner
Fresh waters are central to society and to the environment. Nevertheless, ongoing and projected changes in the distribution, abundance, and quality of water resources and freshwater ecosystems represent a serious threat to the integrity of the…
Type: Document
Year: 2000
Rideout, English, Loomis, Omi, Poth
This project will compare attitudes, behavior and values toward fire and fuel treatment programs between residents exposed to recent and past fires in Florida, We want to test for differences in the support for fuel treatment programs, and the rate…
Type: Project
Year: 2000
Marshall
The goal of this report is to analyze whether or not prescribed fire could be used to regain the meadow perimeter of Donegan Prairie. A secondary issue of protecting late successional habitat in surrounding old growth timber from high intensity fire…
Type: Document
Year: 2000
Lee
This project analyzes and develops a prescribed burn to reintroduce fire for bear grass regeneration (Xerophyllum tenax) located within the Wolf Timber Sale, Plumas National Forest. This project area was chosen for two reasons. 1) To analyze and…
Type: Document
Year: 2000
Goldammer, Stocks
From the Conclusions (p.63) ... 'The causes and impacts of fire in the boreal Eurasian region are multifaceted due to its rich cultural diversity and a broad range of socioeconomic and environmental conditions. Thus, it is impossible to draw any…
Type: Document
Year: 2000
Floyd-Hanna, Romme, Hanna
Piñon-juniper woodlands (Pinus edulis, Juniperus osteosperma, and J. scopulorum) and petran chaparral communities (Quercus gambelii, Amelanchier utahensis, Cercocarpus montanus, and other tall shrub species) cover much of the Colorado Plateau in the…
Type: Document
Year: 2000
Weigand, Ahuja, Linsey
Forest fuel loads are unnaturally high in the Sierra Nevada. The US Forest Service is currently preparing a prescribed fire program to reduce fuels in the region. Modeling, both short-term and long-term, direct and cumulative impacts to rural…
Type: Document
Year: 2000
Sorbel
Yellowstone National Park experiences as few as 4 to more than 81-wildland fire starts each year. Management decisions and evaluation of various alternatives must be done quickly. Fires allowed to burn as a wildland fire for resource benefit must be…
Type: Document
Year: 2000
Goldammer
With changing demographic, socio-cultural, and economic conditions in the last 2 3 decades, wildland fire regimes are undergoing rapid changes worldwide. Increasing fire pressure on some regions and reduction of fire in others are noted. While…
Type: Document
Year: 2000
Guyette, Dey
Three factors, human population density, topography, and culture interact to create temporal and spatial differences in the frequency of fire at the landscape level. These factors can be quantitatively related to fire frequency. The fire model can…
Type: Document
Year: 2000