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From the text ... 'Burning is seasonal, especially as it relates to quail management. You can't burn too late or you get into the brood rearing season for bobwhites. Burning too early and you might hurt population remnants from the winter season. Pairs form at the end of…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Colinus virginianus, fire control, fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, forest management, fuel accumulation, game birds, humidity, legumes, liability, North Carolina, pine forests, season of fire, wildlife habitat management, wind
From the text ... 'Fire in the habitst is probably the best cure for what ails your habitat. It is a process that was removed from habitat management decades ago and it is necessary to help you restore native bobwhites as part of your recovery plan.'
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, Colinus virginianus, fire dependent species, fire management, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel moisture, game birds, land management, pine forests, post fire recovery, smoke management, South Carolina, Tall Timbers Research Station, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), wildlife habitat management, wind
Of Georgia's 37 million acres, 24.8 million acres are forestland. On an average, 1.2 million acres are prescribed burned each year. Georgia faces two main challenges with their prescribed fire program, air quality and urban sprawl. These two will make it more difficult to obtain…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Mapping, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, BlueSky, education, fire management, fire protection, Florida, forest management, fuel management, Georgia, public information, smoke management, Tall Timbers Research Station
Air quality concerns are on the increase for a growing population of 9 million Georgians. Metropolitan Atlanta is the epicenter of Georgia's air issues but urbanization along the fall line of the Georgia Piedmont region is affecting air quality for metropolitan statistical areas…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire management, Florida, forest management, Georgia, histories, ozone, particulates, Piedmont, pollution, Polyborus plancus, public information, rural communities, smoke management, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tennessee, Washington
Characterization of the true extent of the effects of smoke from prescribed fires and wildland fires on ambient air quality is incomplete due to the deficiency of air quality monitoring sites in rural areas. Also, particulate standards are based on 24-hour and annual averages,…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire management, fire size, Florida, Georgia, smoke effects, smoke management, Tall Timbers Research Station, wildfires
From the text (p.19) ... 'There natural periodic fires help keep the turkey population in a good condition well before over-hunting and fire suppression caused its fall. Turkeys respond very quickly, sometimes overnight, to areas that have been burned. I hope you can use burning…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: backfires, fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, game birds, habits and behavior, hunting, Meleagris gallopavo, post fire recovery, smoke management, suppression, thinning, Turkey, wildlife habitat management, wildlife management
This session will include information on prescribed fire managers and public relations; the importance of rules and regulations governing the use of fire and why we need to be part of the solution, not part of the problem; standards of conduct and ethics related to the use of…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire management, Florida, Georgia, public information, smoke management
This Smoke Management Plan details Georgia's basic framework of procedures and requirements for managing smoke from prescribed fires.
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Eastern
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A key purpose of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is to "promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man" (NEPA, Sec 2). The Council on Environmental Quality states "the NEPA process…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): California
Keywords: Clean Air Act, environmental impact statements, NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act, CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality, environmental assessment
A 60-minute video recorded in September 2008 as part of the Effective Communication for Smoke Management in a Changing Air Quality Environment workshops. This presentation explains the US EPA's policy on smoke management, updates to this policy, and several regulatory actions…
Person: Gillam
Year: 2008
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, air pollution, haze, non-attainment area, smoke management, health effects, smoke management program, fine particulates, EPA - Environmental Protection Agency, exceptional event