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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: coastal forests, coastal plain, evapotranspiration, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, habitat conversion, hydrology, nutrient cycling, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, plantations, pollution, runoff, season of fire, site treatments, smoke management, soil nutrients, streamflow, swamps, water, water quality, watershed management
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: Oregon, site treatments, slash, smoke management
A 1.3 hectare field containing hawthorn and alder was burned in April 1973. Post-burn analysis of 20 hawthorns and 20 alders determined the fire susceptibility of these species. Of those sampled, 80 percent of the trees less than 3 centimeters in basal diameter were killed. The…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Economics
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: age classes, air quality, Alnus rugosa, burning intervals, cover, Crataegus, diameter classes, disturbance, escape cover, fire injuries (plants), firebreaks, fuel moisture, game birds, grasses, grazing, herbicides, invasive species, land management, mortality, New York, old fields, plant growth, post fire recovery, Scirpus, season of fire, seasonal activities, small mammals, smoke effects, Solidago, sprouting, trees, wetlands, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, woody plants
Microscopic charcoal fragments preserved in lake and swamp sediments with pollen and other microfossils provide evidence for past burning regimes. Some problems with the interpretation of charcoal records are similar to those of pollen analysis, but other factors must be taken…
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Fire History, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: aborigines, Australia, charcoal, fire regimes, histories, lakes, paleoclimatology, pollen, sampling, swamps, water
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning intervals, competition, cover type, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, everglades, fine fuels, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, Florida, grasses, grasslands, grasslike plants, human caused fires, humus, ignition, invasive species, lightning caused fires, mortality, mosaic, multiple resource management, national parks, organic soils, peat fires, pine forests, plant communities, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (chance ignition), presettlement fires, runoff, season of fire, smoke effects, soil moisture, soil organic matter, south Florida, water, wildfires
The purpose of this report is to make an environmental evaluation of prescribed burning and its alternatives, and relate to the economic considerations in the southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service.
Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, amphibians, Andropogon, Appalachian Mountains, Aristida stricta, arthropods, Cercyonis pegala, Danuas plexippus, earthworms, education, erosion, experimental areas, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire regimes, fishes, forest management, game birds, Graphium marcellus, grasslands, habitat types, hardwood forests, herbicides, histories, Hyla andersonii, insects, invertebrates, land use, Lepidoptera, mammals, multiple resource management, Mus musculus, national forests, nongame birds, Peromyscus polionotus, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus echinata, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus rigida, Pinus strobus, Pinus taeda, Pinus virginiana, public information, Quercus, reptiles, savannas, Sigmodon hispidus, site treatments, small mammals, smoke management, soil organic matter, Tall Timbers Research Station, threatened and endangered species (animals), Urocyon cinereoargenteus, water quality, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies balsamea, Abies lasiocarpa, air quality, conifers, foliage, Juniperus communis, Juniperus scopulorum, leaves, needles, Picea engelmannii, Picea glauca, pine, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, Pseudotsuga menziesii, resins, shrubs, S - sulfur, SO2 - sulfur dioxide, Terrapene, volatilization
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, national parks, natural resource legislation, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The information presented is directed to environmental scientists and land managers concerned with the quantity of, and methods for reducing, criteria pollutants produced from open burning of forest residues. This report documents the first in a series of paired-unit…
Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, pollution, smoke management
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, mountainous terrain, smoke behavior, wind
A simple, inexpensive, and relatively accurate photographic method for date collection is described. Objects of interest are triangulated from films taken simultaneously at two camera positions. Accumulated synchronization and measurement errors amounted to 0.2 - 0.5 meter. The…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: photography, smoke behavior
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, conifers, laboratory fires, particulates, Pseudotsuga menziesii, site treatments, slash
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Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, bibliographies, British Columbia, browse, Canada, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, fire hazard reduction, fire regimes, forest management, grazing, land management, litter, logging, plant growth, Populus tremuloides, regeneration, runoff, seedlings, site treatments, slash, soils, streamflow, water quality, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, Canada, chaparral, fire management, fire whirls, firebrands, firebreaks, firing techniques, fuel moisture, fuel types, grass fuels, marshes, pine forests, Pinus palustris, Pinus ponderosa, shrub fuels, slash, smoke management, topography
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Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: bibliographies, fire management, pine forests, smoke management
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, smoke management
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fuel management
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Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, Georgia, national parks, Okefenokee Swamp, particulates, pine forests, Pinus palustris, smoke management, swamps, wildlife, wildlife refuges
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, evolution, forest management, histories, particulates, pollution, smoke management
This report reviews the current state of analytical methodology for sulfate in airborne particles. Methods for determination of total aerosol sulfate and total soluble sulfate are assessed. A more detailed review of the relatively new techniques for quantitative speciation of…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, distribution, gases, particulates, sampling, statistical analysis, S - sulfur
A speculative, phenomenological model is formulated for the time-varying intensity and spread rate of a free-burning fire under the influence of nonsteady wind. The model is linearized by approximations and explicit solutions derived for the amplitude response of spread rate and…
Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel management, fuel models, rate of spread, spot fires, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind
From the text...'The purpose of this guide is to assist in the operational monitoring and evaluation of prescribed fires. A common approach to monitoring and evaluation will enable prescribed fire managers and resource specialists in different organizations and areas to share…
Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: biomass, distribution, flame length, fuel appraisal, fuel moisture, ground cover, hydrology, live fuels, population density, rate of spread, smoke behavior, soils, species diversity (plants), topography, vegetation surveys, water, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
From the text ... 'In the process of carrying out proper forest management activities, certain changes and temporary disruptions to the environment are unavoidable. Our aim is to minimize the negative aspects to the environment as associated with these activities....I would like…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, arthropods, brush, burning permits, cover type conversion, diseases, fire hazard reduction, fire protection, fire regimes, firing techniques, forest management, fuel management, fuel moisture, insects, logging, reforestation, regeneration, season of fire, site treatments, slash, smoke management, soils, topography, Washington, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
From the Summary ... 'Prescribed surface fire in southern pine forests controls brown spot (Scirrhia acicola) of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) and fusiform rust (Cronartium fusiforme) of southern pines. Rhizina root rot and many wood rots are favored by fire. Additional…
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Fire Ecology, Fire Ecology
Region(s): California, Eastern, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Southern, International
Keywords: agriculture, Agrostis tenuis, air quality, Arceuthobium, Australia, burning permits, Canada, Claviceps purpurea, Cronartium fusiforme, croplands, Cynodon dactylon, diseases, Festuca arundinacea, Festuca rubra, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire management, firing techniques, fuel management, fungi, Gloeotinia temulenta, grass fires, grasses, human caused fires, Idaho, insects, Lolium perenne, longleaf pine, Minnesota, Oregon, pine forests, pine, Pinus palustris, plant diseases, Rhizina, Rhizina undulata, Scirrhia acicola, site treatments, slash, Washington, wood
From the text ... ' ... we regard the Smoke Management Plan as a successful program to minimize the adverse effects of slash burning upon the populated areas of Washington. The first goal of a regulatory agency is to minimize the adverse effects. Our second goal is to reduce the…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, burning permits, coniferous forests, forest management, fuel management, gases, human caused fires, logging, particulates, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, slash, smoke management, Washington