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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Donald McKenzie
Publication Date: 2010

From the text ... 'In protected areas, where wilderness values are paramount, public land agencies have adopted the policy of using wildfires to benefit natural resources, allowing naturally ignited fires to burn unless they present additional threats, such as fire rick to structures or degraded air quality.'

Citation: McKenzie, D. 2010. The effects of climatic change and wildland fires on air quality in national parks and wilderness areas. Fire Management Today 70(1):26-28.

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Regions:
Great Basin    Northwest
Keywords:
  • air quality
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire regimes
  • fuel management
  • land management
  • national parks
  • particulates
  • smoke effects
  • smoke management
  • vegetation surveys
  • wilderness areas
  • wilderness fire management
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 24752 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.32:70/1 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 48582

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