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This landowner smoke management guidebook was created through a collaboration between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), North Carolina State University, Southern Fire Exchange, Southern Regional Extension Forestry (SREF), and the University of Georgia Warnell School of…
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Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: smoke management, air quality, public health, PM - particulate matter, smoke dispersion, fuel load, O3 - ozone, liability, mitigation
Prescribed fire is an important tool for maintaining the resilience of fire-dependent ecosystems. Despite broad recognition of its value, however, prescribed fire application in the western US has not been applied at the necessary levels. Past research has identified a range of…
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Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: policy, collaboration, funding, incentives
Part of the FIRE x FAUNA: Wildfire and Prescribed Fire Effects on Wildlife series sponsored by Forest Service Research and Development
Cannabis cultivation and wildfires: Where there’s smoke, there’s smoke, Adam Cummings, Ecologist
Wildfires ignitions, costs to wildlife, and…
Person: Cummings, Gabriel, Lake
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): California
Keywords: cannabis, wildlife, wildfire, rodenticide, cultivation, Indigenous burning, pyrodiversity, fish, solar radiation, inversion, fisheries, smoke density, AOT - aerosol optical thickness, water temperature
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies concolor, arthropods, ash, backfires, burning intervals, catastrophic fires, Cervus canadensis, community ecology, computer programs, cones, crown fires, Dendroctonus ponderosae, Dendroica kirtlandii, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, fertilizers, fire control, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire resistant plants, fire sensitive plants, fire suppression, firebreaks, fishes, flammability, flowering, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel types, grasses, grasslands, grazing, ground fires, human caused fires, Idaho, insects, light burning, lightning caused fires, livestock, low intensity burns, Michigan, moisture, Montana, mortality, mosaic, national forests, national parks, natural resource legislation, nongame birds, Odocoileus hemionus, pine forests, pine, Pinus contorta, population density, post fire recovery, precipitation, predators, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, rate of spread, recreation, regeneration, roots, season of fire, Sequoiadendron giganteum , Sialia currucoides, small mammals, smoke behavior, smoke effects, Smokey Bear program, soils, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), surface fires, threatened and endangered species (animals), trees, water, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, wildlife openings, wind, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
From the text ... 'Prescribed burning is an effective tool but, because of potential hazards, should be conducted only by well-trained, experienced personnel. Each burn is affected by a unique set of stand, fuel and weather conditions and, therefore, requires careful planning.…
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire hazard reduction, fire management, firing techniques, forest management, forest types, Georgia, pine forests, plant diseases, season of fire, smoke management
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: droughts, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire suppression, ignition, liability, logging, Montana, national forests, national parks, smoke effects, wilderness areas, wildfires, wind
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, education, environmental impact statements, fire management, forest management, logging, multiple resource management, national forests, Oregon, pollution, public information, slash, smoke management, Washington
Maintaining appropriate fire return intervals for fully functioning ecosystems can be difficult for a variety of reasons. Laws and regulations can place limitations on both the timing and extent of prescribed burning. In this webinar, Dr. Wonkka will present an overview of the…
Person: Wonkka
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: right to burn, landowner perceptions, liability, negligence, fire management, air quality
This webinar will provide an introduction to the fundamental concepts and tools for understanding the who, what, why and how for managing prescribed fire smoke in the Southeast. Speakers from regional air quality regulation programs will discuss topics including: smoke…
Person: Davis, Gillam, Lesane, Boylan, Strait, Fawcett
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, smoke management, fire management, PM - particulate matter, air pollutants, PM2.5, health effects, O3 - ozone, CO - carbon monoxide, AQI - Air Quality Index, BSMP - Basic Smoke Management Practices
This webinar is part of NAFSE's Prescribed Fire Science Workshop Webinar Series and provides a broad overview of the process of writing a burn plan before implementing a prescribed fire (or prescribed burn; RxB). It was broadcast on August 13, 2020. This webinar was co-presented…
Person: Bailey, O'Brien
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: burn plans, prescribed fire burn plan, land management, fire plan, fire management, smoke management, burn boss
We are investigating policies that affect land managers' ability to conduct prescribed fire on US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in the 11 Western states. Our goals are to identify policy constraints, facilitative strategies, and actionable…
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Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: collaboration, federal lands, fire management, forest management, air quality, policy, policy implementation, collaborative governance
Cal Fire Permitting and Prescribed Burning - Brian Mattos, Cal Fire Unit Forester for Resource Management
Air Quality Permitting & the Health Impacts of Fire - David Conway, Environmental Health Director, Mariposa County Health Department
Person: Mattos, Conway
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): California
Keywords: permitting, vegetation management, fire management, cost sharing agreements, CAL FIRE, cooperator, burn permits, smoke management, smoke impacts, health effects, CO - carbon monoxide, PM - particulate matter
This video is a compilation of experienced prescribed fire council leaders talking about some of the benefits that they have seen in their states and across the country. The overall theme across all the messages is unity and collaboration for a common goal. Each council has…
Person: Varner, Stivers, Dooley, Quinn-Davidson, Rau, Prusak
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: prescribed fire councils, partnerships, community, Training Exchange Model (TREX), collaboration, liability, burn boss, fire management
From the text: 'The most pressing problem facing prescribed burners today is smoke which reduces visibility on nearby highways. Included is a summary of smoke-related accidente, attributed to prescribed fires, in the South. And...there are undoubtedly more of which I am not…
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, fire injuries (humans), Florida, Georgia, liability, North Carolina, plantations, smoke management, South Carolina, US Forest Service
From the Objectives: ' A. To minimize ambient air quality impairment from forestry prescribed burning operations. B. To prevent smoke from being carried to or accumulating in areas sensitive to smoke. C. To recommend burning guidelines to supplement the regulations promulated by…
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, brush, burning permits, fire management, firefighting personnel, fuel loading, fuel moisture, fuel types, grasses, hardwood forests, litter, logging, organic matter, pine forests, pollution, slash, smoke management, Virginia, wildfires
From the text: 'Prescribed burning is one of the most effective management techniques available to forest managers in the South. With more intensive management of the Southern forest, its use continues to grow each year. However, because of the increasing population, expansion…
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Weather, Economics
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: agriculture, Alabama, Arkansas, burning permits, croplands, fire injuries (humans), fire management, Florida, forest management, Georgia, health factors, liability, logging, Louisiana, North Carolina, pine forests, roads, site treatments, slash, smoke management, South Carolina, wind
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, broadcast burning, coniferous forests, education, fire management, fire suppression, firing techniques, forest products, fuel management, fuel models, Idaho, ignition, litter, Montana, mopping up, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, range management, stand characteristics, statistical analysis, Washington, wildfires, wildlife, wind
In reaching its decision that the clearing of land by fire, and its resulting natural consequence, is an inherently dangerous act, the First District Court of Appeals erred in failing to consider the beneficial effect of controlled burning. Today, controlled burning plays an…
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire management, Florida, land management, liability, natural resource legislation, north Florida, pine forests, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Abies balsamea, Acer saccharum, agriculture, air quality, biogeochemical cycles, biogeography, boreal forests, carbon dioxide, coastal plain, community ecology, computer programs, conservation, croplands, deforestation, distribution, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, energy, ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, fire intensity, fire regimes, forestation, fossils, fuel loading, fuel moisture, fuel types, gases, climate change, habitat conversion, heat, histories, land management, multiple resource management, natural areas management, paleoclimatology, phenology, physiology, plant communities, population ecology, public information, radiation, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), storms, temperature, threatened and endangered species (animals), wetlands, wilderness areas, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wildlife refuges