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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerosols, Arizona, carbon dioxide, Colorado, convection, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire dependent species, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel management, fuel models, human caused fires, humidity, Idaho, land use, lightning caused fires, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, precipitation, succession, temperature, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind, Wyoming
Old-growth savannas and forests dominated by longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) are of great conservation and research interest. Comprehensive inventories of old-growth communities, however, are lacking for most of longleaf pine's natural range. We searched the literature,…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: age classes, Alabama, amphibians, bibliographies, biogeography, carnivorous plants, cavity nesting birds, coastal plain, Colinus virginianus, conservation, conservation easements, Cumberland Plateau, Dasypus novemcinctus, diameter classes, distribution, disturbance, duff, fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, Georgia, Gopherus polyphemus, ground cover, ground fires, histories, Imperata cylindrica, introduced species, invasive species, invertebrates, keystone species, land use, landscape ecology, light, Liqustrum sinese, logging, Longleaf Alliance, longleaf pine, Lonicera japonica, Louisiana, Lygodium, military lands, Mississippi, mountains, national forests, native species (plants), natural areas management, nongame birds, North Carolina, old growth forests, partial cutting, Picoides borealis, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus palustris, plant communities, plantations, presettlement vegetation, private lands, Red Hills, reptiles, sandhills, Sapium sebiferum, savannas, South Carolina, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), stand characteristics, state forests, surface fires, Tall Timbers Research Station, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), vegetation surveys, Virginiana, vulnerable species or communities, Wade Tract, wildfires, wildlife refuges, Wisteria
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, biomass, catastrophic fires, combustion, European settlement, fire case histories, fire control, fire equipment, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, land use, landscape ecology, national forests, national parks, private lands, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Asia, ENSO, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel types, Indonesia, precipitation, smoke management, fires, policy reform, local institutions, fire research
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Asia, fire management, firebrands, grasslands, grazing, humidity, hunting, livestock, pollution, population density, remote sensing, roads, season of fire, smoke management, Thailand, urban habitats, watershed management, watersheds, wildfires, managing smoke, fire calendar, causes of fires, fire laws, conflict resolution, Village Watershed Networks, fire management and monitonng
The Nature Conservancy, World Wide Fund for Nature and IUCN have pledged to work together and with partners to address the causes and ecological and social consequences of altered fire regimes across the world. The partners sponsored an experts workshop in May 2004 where we…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): Great Basin, International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, Asia, Australia, biomass, boreal forests, Bromus tectorum, catastrophic fires, conservation, croplands, ecosystem dynamics, energy, fire adaptations (animals), fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire sensitive plants, fire size, fire suppression, forbs, forest types, fragmentation, fuel accumulation, fuel management, Ghana, climate change, grasses, grasslands, grazing, greenhouse gases, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, habitat types, health factors, human caused fires, hunting, ignition, incendiary fires, invasive species, lightning caused fires, livestock, logging, moisture, post fire recovery, rural communities, savannas, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), temperature, thinning, tropical forests, wildfires, altered fire regimes, fire-dependent ecosystems, LANDFIRE, anthropogenic effects, PRIORITY ECOREGIONS
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Francis Marion National Forest (FMNF) supported the second largest and only documented naturally increasing population of red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis). Prior to Hurricane Hugo hitting the FMNF in September 1989, the red-cockaded…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, age classes, artificial cavities, birds, burning intervals, cavity nesting birds, cavity trees, coastal plain, competition, distribution, disturbance, droughts, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, ground cover, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, habits and behavior, hardwoods, herbaceous vegetation, ignition, mortality, national forests, nesting, nongame birds, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, pocosins, population ecology, reproduction, salvage, season of fire, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, South Carolina, statistical analysis, storms, thinning, threatened and endangered species (animals), trees, US Forest Service, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, wind, artificial cavities, decline, Francis Marion National Forest, Hurricane Hugo, long term recovery, Picoides borealis, recovery, red-cockaded woodpecker
Eglin Air Force Base (Eglin) supports 309 active clusters, making it the fourth largest red-cockaded woodpecker population. During a 7-year period from 1994 to 2001, Eglin's red-cockaded woodpecker population increased 42%, making Eglin the fastest-growing large population of…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, barrier islands, biogeography, burning intervals, cavity nesting birds, cavity trees, chemistry, clearcutting, community ecology, conservation, deforestation, diameter classes, distribution, droughts, duff, ecosystem dynamics, education, Etheostoma okaloosae, fine fuels, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, fishes, flatwoods, Florida, forage, forbs, forest management, forest products, fuel loading, ground cover, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, hardwoods, herbaceous vegetation, herbicides, histories, human caused fires, hunting, ignition, insects, land management, lightning caused fires, logging, longleaf pine, military lands, national forests, natural areas management, nongame birds, old growth forests, overstory, photography, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, population density, population ecology, private lands, Quercus, Quercus laevis, reforestation, regeneration, riparian habitats, roads, roots, sandhills, season of fire, seedlings, soil nutrients, soils, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, suppression, threatened and endangered species (animals), translocation, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, xeric soils, adaptive management, ecosystem management, Eglin Air Force Base, military, population trend, red-cockaded woodpecker
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, burning permits, catastrophic fires, crown fires, education, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, health factors, landscape ecology, liability, logging, population density, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, recreation, riparian habitats, sedimentation, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, soil erosion, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), stand characteristics, statistical analysis, streamflow, thinning, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire regimes, fire suppression, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, grasses, health factors, Healthy Forests Initiative, human caused fires, legumes, mosaic, National Fire Plan, particulates, private lands, public information, range management, smoke management, succession, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, education, environmental impact analysis, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel types, Healthy Forests Initiative, logging, national forests, overstory, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, season of fire, surface fuels, thinning, US Forest Service, wildfires
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: catastrophic fires, Colorado, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire size, fire suppression, floods, forest management, forest products, health factors, liability, logging, multiple resource management, national forests, Pinus ponderosa, post fire recovery, recreation related fires, season of fire, sedimentation, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, soil erosion, soils, statistical analysis, storms, US Forest Service, water quality, water repellent soils, watersheds, wildfires
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: burning intervals, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, forest products, fragmentation, fuel loading, fuel management, Healthy Forests Initiative, human caused fires, land use, landscape ecology, liability, prescribed fires (escaped), private lands, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, US Forest Service, vegetation surveys, wildfires
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, broadcast burning, coniferous forests, fire control, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forage, forest management, forest products, grazing, livestock, logging, Native Americans, Pinus ponderosa, population density, prescribed fires (escaped), private lands, recreation, regeneration, site treatments, smoke management, thinning, Washington, wildfires
The intentional use of fire adjacent to urban areas is much more difficult than burning in more rural areas. Numerous modifications in planning and execution are required. This paper describes some of the adjustments Florida fire managers have learned to make, most of which will…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: convection, education, fire control, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire protection, Florida, foam, ignition, liability, public information, rural communities, smoke behavior, smoke management, suppression
Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, has a landscape fire management target to maintain or restore 50% of the long-term average fire cycle. Because the park experiences frequent lightning fires it has adopted a strategy to use both management-ignited prescribed burns and…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, International
Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, British Columbia, Canada, droughts, fire case histories, fire control, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firebreaks, fuel loading, fuel moisture, landscape ecology, lightning, lightning caused fires, mountains, national parks, Picea engelmannii, Pinus albicaulis, Pinus contorta, prescribed fires (chance ignition), rate of spread, roads, season of fire, sloping terrain, smoke management, subalpine forests, wilderness fire management, British Columbia, fire management, fire restoration, Kootenay National Park, lightning fire, national parks
From the text ... 'Wildfires have had a high impact on Botswana's environment, destroying both forest and rangeland resources. ...Prescribed burning is practiced in State forest reserves, national parks, and game reserves to reduce highly flammable fine fuels on the forest floor…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, arid regions, Baikiaea, Botswana, conservation, crown fires, deserts, ecosystem dynamics, education, environmental impact analysis, fine fuels, fire control, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire injuries (animals), fire intensity, fire management, fire size, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, flammability, fuel loading, grasses, ground fires, heat, human caused fires, humidity, hunting, landscape ecology, leaves, litter, logging, mortality, national parks, precipitation, public information, riparian habitats, runoff, savannas, season of fire, smoke effects, soil erosion, soil nutrients, state forests, surface fires, temperature, topography, Washington, water, wildfires, wind
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Economics, Mapping, Planning
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Asia, croplands, cutting, deforestation, ENSO, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, forest products, GIS, grasslands, human caused fires, incendiary fires, Indonesia, land use, land use planning, landscape ecology, logging, mineral soils, mosaic, plantations, remote sensing, roads, shrublands, site treatments, slash, Sumatra, tropical forests, wildfires, LAND PREPARATION, TRANSMIGRATION SETTLEMENTS
Better understanding is needed of what makes educational efforts most effective in increasing public support for wildfire management and mitigation efforts. Results of a mail survey of homeowners in Incline Village, Nevada, indicate that personalized contact is key in the…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: defensible space, public acceptance, education, Nevada, public attitudes, wildfire, homeowner perceptions, information sources, property damage, fire damage, fire damage protection, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire damage (property), fire intensity, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, light burning, escaped prescribed fires, smoke effects, surface fires, aesthetics, health factors, logging, partial cutting, population density, private lands, public information, thinning, Abies concolor, fire management planning, fuel management, land use, wildlife habitat management, coniferous forests
The problem of eye safety in lidar-assisted wildland fire detection and investigation is considered as a problem of reduction of the hazard range within which the laser beam is dangerous for direct eye exposure. The dependence of this hazard range on the lidar characteristics is…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: remote sensing, Portugal, Gestosa, Europe, field experimental fires, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Extensive measurements of smoke exposure among wildland firefighters are summarized, showing that firefighters can be exposed to significant levels of carbon monoxide and respiratory irritants, including formaldehyde, acrolein, and respirable particulate matter. Benzene was also…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: hazard, wildfires, CO - carbon monoxide, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, firefighter safety, firefighters, air quality, CO2 - carbon dioxide, chemical compounds, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire injury, fire management, fire management planning, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, health factors, mop up, particulates, pollution, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, toxicity, wind
Fire shelters are critical safety items required for use by most wildland firefighters in the United States. Most testing of fire shelters, clothing and other personal protective equipment (PPE) has been limited to prescribed fires or laboratory based studies. This study reports…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, crown fires, jack pine, Pinus banksiana, black spruce, fire shelter, ICFME - International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment, Picea mariana, Northwest Territories, air temperature, field experimental fires, fire damage (property), fire equipment, fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire management, fire management planning, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, humidity, gases, ignition, mortality, photography, wind
We report the results of a questionnaire and workshop that sought to gain a better and deeper understanding of the contemporary information needs of wildland fire and fuels managers. Results from the questionnaire indicated that the decision to suppress a wildland fire was most…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: strategic planning, WFU - wildland fire use, decision support, management plan, catastrophic fires, computer program, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire management planning, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, fuel accumulation, fuel management, GIS - geographic information system, grazing, heavy fuels, herbicide, invasive species, land management, recreation, US Forest Service, wildfires, wildland fuels, wildlife habitat management
The objective of this study is to investigate the cost of the use of fire in the Amazon. Burnings are commonplace in the Amazon production process and contribute towards the region's agricultural expansion. Fire is used by farmers in the land preparation process and in clearing…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: cropland fires, fire control, fire damage (property), fire injuries (plants), human caused fires, prescribed fires (escaped), agriculture, air quality, C - carbon, health factors, livestock, private lands, statistical analysis, Amazon, Brazil, South America, fire management, forest management, land management, smoke management, croplands, Amazon, economic cost, forests
Fire has been a significant ecosystem process in the Southeast for thousands of years. It kept slash pine in the wetter parts of the flatwoods pine forests historically. Today, when slash pine covers a much larger landscape, fire still plays an integral role in its management.…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, browse, burning permits, cavity nesting birds, Colinus virginianus, cover, crown scorch, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire management, flatwoods, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, GIS, Gopherus polyphemus, hydrology, insects, invasive species, liability, longleaf pine, mammals, mortality, N - nitrogen, nutrients, old growth forests, pH, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus elliottii densa, Pinus palustris, plant diseases, plant growth, plantations, post fire recovery, public information, regeneration, remote sensing, reptiles, shrubs, slash, slash pine, smoke management, soil nutrients, statistical analysis, threatened and endangered species (animals), Ursus americanus floridanus, vegetation surveys, water quality, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food habits, wildlife habitat management