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From the text ... 'A new definition of the wildland/ruban interface is needed, along with a commitment to protect and preserve all neighborhood and community at-risk values.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Southwest
Keywords: aesthetics, Arizona, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, education, erosion, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel management, grazing, health factors, land management, liability, logging, National Fire Plan, plant communities, public information, recreation, rural communities, smoke behavior, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), urban habitats, Washington, watersheds

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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, coniferous forests, conservation, diseases, ecosystem dynamics, education, FIA - Forest Inventory and Analysis, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, forest management, forest products, grazing, histories, invasive species, land management, national forests, native species (plants), natural resource legislation, pine forests, private lands, public information, range management, rangelands, recreation, roads, salvage, Smokey Bear program, soil erosion, state forests, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), US Forest Service, urban habitats, vegetation surveys, watershed management, weeds, wildfires, wildlife habitat management

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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, community ecology, ecosystem dynamics, education, experimental fires, fire control, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flammability, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, histories, ignition, low intensity burns, population density, population ecology, post fire recovery, private lands, public information, rural communities, season of fire, smoke effects, succession, thinning, wilderness fire management, wildfires

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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel management, invasive species, land management, lightning caused fires, national forests, national parks, old growth forests, presettlement fires, public information, smoke effects, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires

Five regional Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke (FCAMMS) have been established under the framework of the U.S. National Fire Plan (NFP) to conduct research on fire weather, fire danger, fire behavior, and smoke transport/diffusion and to develop new…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, education, FIA, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire management, firefighting personnel, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, National Fire Plan, natural areas management, smoke behavior, smoke effects, statistical analysis, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires

The 2000 fire season brought to the forefront the issue of severe wildland fires in the United States. To address the need for new research and for the development of predictive tools for managing wildland fires, Congress allocated funding under the National Fire Plan (NFP) to…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, education, energy, evolution, fire danger rating, fire growth, fire intensity, fire management, firefighting personnel, forest management, Great Lakes, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, lakes, Michigan, National Fire Plan, season of fire, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, weather observations, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is located on the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on the central east coast of Florida. Most of the fuels found on the refuge burn with high intensity, and many are important habitat for threatened and endangered species. Little fire…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, education, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, fuel loading, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, marshes, military lands, multiple resource management, public information, scrub, smoke management, south Florida, threatened and endangered species, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), vulnerable species or communities, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wildlife refuges

The ability to utilize prescribed fire for various ecological and agricultural purposes in Florida is often hampered by issues (such as smoke management and public education/notification ) stemming from the close proximity of developed areas to fire-dependant ecosystems. One…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, burning permits, central Florida, education, fire dependent species, fire management, Florida, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, liability, multiple resource management, public information, smoke management, urban habitats

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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, backfires, conservation, education, fire management, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, firing techniques, forest management, headfires, ignition, land use, liability, livestock, logging, mopping up, Oklahoma, public information, smoke behavior, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires

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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, Colorado, coniferous forests, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, environmental impact analysis, fire adaptations (plants), fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, health factors, Healthy Forests Initiative, heavy fuels, landscape ecology, low intensity burns, Montana, multiple resource management, National Fire Plan, national parks, natural resource legislation, New Mexico, private lands, public information, range management, rangelands, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park

From the text ... 'It was a Black Friday for more than 50 families whose homes were destroyed.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, catastrophic fires, coastal forests, education, fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, lightning caused fires, North Carolina, Piedmont, pine forests, precipitation, public information, rate of spread, South Carolina, swamps, Washington, wildfires, wind

The application of fire in the southern United States continues to increase in complexity due to urban sprawl, air quality issues and regulatory constraints. Many sites suffer from unnaturally high fuel accumulations due to decades of fire exclusion. The loss of habitat to…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Fire Ecology, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, burning intervals, catastrophic fires, conservation, cover type conversion, education, energy, fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, habitat conversion, hardwood hammocks, ignition, liability, low intensity burns, marshlands, mowing, natural areas management, north Florida, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, plant communities, public information, roads, sandhills, scrub, site treatments, smoke management, succession, swamps, Taxodium distichum, urban habitats, watershed management, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind

From the text...'I believe that the Forest Service should take the lead in developing low-density stand management guidelines, but it isn’t going to be easy. The anti-management environmental lobby has beaten the agency into a position of inactivity. The Administration…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, Appalachian Mountains, ecosystem dynamics, education, FIA, fire adaptations (plants), fire management, forest management, forest products, forest types, Georgia, grasses, hardwood forests, insects, Kentucky, landscape ecology, loblolly pine, logging, Longleaf Alliance, mast, mosaic, mountains, national forests, Native Americans, North Carolina, Ozarks, pine forests, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, plant diseases, population density, prairies, presettlement fires, presettlement vegetation, private lands, public information, Quercus, savannas, stand characteristics, Tennessee, thinning, topography, trees, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, Virginia, wildfires

Wildfire represents a serious challenge to communities in the rural West. After decades of fire suppression, land managers now perceive a greater role for wildfire in the ecosystem. In the meantime,migration patterns from urban to rural settings have increased the…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, Cascades Range, catastrophic fires, education, fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, hardwood forests, land management, multiple resource management, national forests, pine forests, post fire recovery, public information, recreation, rural communities, season of fire, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires

Factors influencing the probability of fire occurrence in the south central United States were investigated using a geographic information system (GIS) and a multinomial logit model. Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data at the plot level were merged with census data at the…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Alabama, Arkansas, distribution, education, FIA - Forest Inventory and Analysis, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, fuel types, geography, GIS - geographic information system, hardwood forests, human caused fires, incendiary fires, land use, logging, Mississippi, Oklahoma, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus spp., plantations, population density, prescribed fires (chance ignition), prescribed fires (escaped), private lands, roads, statistical analysis, Tennessee, Texas, topography, urban habitats, wildfires

The Fire and Fuels Extension (FFE) to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) simulates fuel dynamics and potential fire behaviour over time, in the context of stand development and management. Existing models of fire behavior and fire effects were added to FVS to form this…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: age classes, biomass, Cascades Range, catastrophic fires, chaparral, computer programs, coniferous forests, cover, crown fires, crowns, dead fuels, decay, decomposition, diameter classes, distribution, disturbance, duff, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, flame length, flammability, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel models, grasses, habitat types, herbaceous vegetation, Idaho, insects, leaves, litter, live fuels, logging, moisture, Montana, mortality, needles, northern California, Oregon, particulates, salvage, scorch, shrubs, size classes, snags, stand characteristics, statistical analysis, succession, surface fires, surface fuels, thinning, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, wind, woody fuels, FVS, FFE, forest fire, stand dynamics, FOFEM - First Order Fire Effects Model, BEHAVE, NEXUS, snags, coarse, woody debris, FARSITE, TETONS

Montague Plain Wildlife Management Area (MPWMA) is a 1,512 acre property in western Massachusetts owned and managed by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. The primary purposes of the site are to protect and preserve an outstanding example of a xeric outwash…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: Acer rubrum, amphibians, barrens, Betula populifolia, community ecology, Danthonia spicata, Desmodium, education, fine fuels, fire control, fire dependent species, fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire sensitive plants, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flammability, foliage, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel models, fuel moisture, fuel types, Gaylussacia baccata, geology, grasslands, hardwood forests, humidity, hydrology, Hypericum perforatum, ignition, insects, Juniperus communis, land use, leaves, litter, Massachusetts, needles, New England, overstory, paleoecology, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus rigida, Pinus strobus, plant communities, Polytrichum, Populus, post fire recovery, precipitation, presettlement fires, Prunus pensylvanica, public information, Quercus ilicifolia, rate of spread, regeneration, roads, Rubus, Schizachyrium scoparium, scrub, seedlings, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, Solidago juncea, Spiraea, succession, surface fuels, Terrapene, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), topography, Vaccinium, vegetation surveys, vulnerable species or communities, watersheds, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife management, wind

The Rocky Mountain Research Station is one of six regional units that make up the USDA Forest Service Research and Development organization-the most extensive natural resources research organization in the world. We maintain 12 field laboratories throughout a 14-state territory…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: Forest Service, NFP - National Fire Plan, research, Rocky Mountain Research Station

The Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator is a model that simulates fuel dynamics and potential fire behavior over time, in the context of stand development and management. Existing models are used to represent forest stand development (the Forest…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fuel dynamics, silviculture, stand dynamics, fuel treatment, potential fire behavior, FFE-FVS - Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator, Abies grandis, Abies lasiocarpa, air quality, biomass, Agropyron spp., catastrophic fires, climatology, combustion, computer program, coniferous forests, crown fires, crown scorch, crowns, dead fuels, decay, decomposition, diameter classes, distribution, duff, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), flame length, fire intensity, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, grasses, habitat types, herbaceous vegetation, Larix occidentalis, leaves, litter, live fuels, logging, moisture, mortality, Picea engelmannii, pine forests, Pinus contorta, lodgepole pine, Pinus monticola, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, population density, population ecology, Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, rate of spread, salvage, regeneration, scorch, shrubs, site treatments, size classes, sloping terrain, snags, stand characteristics, statistical analysis, surface fires, surface fuels, Symphoricarpos spp., temperature, thinning, Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, vegetation surveys, watershed management, wildfires, wildland fuels, wildlife habitat management, wind, woody fuels

To assess public attitudes and values regarding fires and fire management, a telephone survey was conducted of California residents. Most respondents were concerned about wildland and wilderness fires. The greatest percentage agreed that 'we probably have to let some fires burn…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): California
Keywords: fire management, public opinion, air quality, ecosystem dynamics, education, property damage, National Fire Plan, fire suppression, land use, Native Americans, public information, recreation, site treatments, statistical analysis, thinning, wilderness fire management, US Forest Service, wildfires

The Ventilation Climate Information System (VCIS) was completed with Joint Fire Science Program support in 2000 under a 1998-2000 project called, 'Assessing Values of Air Quality and Visibility at Risk from Wildland Fires.' It is a twice-daily, 30- year database of surface wind…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: VCIS - Ventilation Climate Information System, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, mixing height, surface wind, ventilation index, wind speed

This study uses panel data from a mail survey administered to the same individuals in 1996 and 2000 to measure change in public attitudes toward fire management programs on federal lands in eastern Oregon and Washington. Findings were generally similar between 1996 and 2000, but…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: survey, fire management, public opinion, thinning, education, fire hazard reduction, fire management planning, fuel loading, mountains, Oregon, plant diseases, public information, rural communities, smoke effects, smoke management, US Forest Service, Washington

Fires can be catastrophic, but only when the weather permits. Predicting the weather more than a few hours into the future with accuracy, precision and reliability is an on-going challenge to researchers. Accurate and precise forecasting for more than a few hours into the future…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: forecasting, FCAMMS - Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke, air quality, climatology, computer program, distribution, ecology, education, fire control, fire danger rating, fire management, firefighting personnel, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, National Fire Plan, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, US Forest Service, weather observations, wilderness fire management

As fire policy and management take on a greater role in land agencies, a better understanding is needed of public opinion, particularly of homeowners who are most affected by wildland fires. This research assessed homeowners' attitudes toward three fuel management approaches -…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Eastern, Southern
Keywords: Michigan, public opinion, coniferous forests, Florida, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire damage, property damage, fire damage protection, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire protection, forest management, fuel management, land management, lightning caused fires, National Fire Plan, pine forests, public information, statistical analysis, thinning, wildfires

The Encyclopedia of Southern Fire Science synthesizes 50 years of research and presents it in hyperspace. The Encyclopedia provides information about fire ecology in the form of text, models, expert systems, hyperlinks, and data base access. The most unique aspect of this…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: computer program, cover, ecology, education, fire management, fire management planning, forest management, Georgia, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, SFP - Southern Fire Portal, public information, smoke behavior, smoke effects, wildfires