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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): D. Ferber
Publication Date: 2004

From the text ... 'LANDFIRE can give more precise predictions than previous fire-behavior models did, allowing land managers to let beneficial fires burn, Shlisky says.The database has been tested in the northern Rockies and in central Utah; now it will expand nationwide. As more land managers plan for both fire prevention and forest health, Shlisky says, LANDFIRE will help them 'justify what they're doing on an ecological basis.''

Citation: Ferber, D. 2004. Forecasting fires: new database aids firefighters and forest ecologists. Nature Conservancy, v. 54, no. 4, p. 12-13.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Ecology    Fire Behavior    Fire History    Fire Prevention    Fuels    Mapping    Models
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • computer programs
  • coniferous forests
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • fire case histories
  • fire danger rating
  • fire frequency
  • fire management
  • fire protection
  • fire size
  • fire suppression
  • forest management
  • fuel accumulation
  • fuel management
  • land management
  • LANDFIRE
  • litter
  • Montana
  • Pinus ponderosa
  • US Forest Service
  • Utah
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 22883Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Journals-NAbstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 47024

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