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From the Executive Summary... 'Purpose: National forests of the dry, interior portion of the western United States that are managed by the Department of Agriculture*s Forest Service have undergone significant changes over the last century and a half, becoming much denser, with…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Arizona, arthropods, catastrophic fires, coastal forests, Colorado, coniferous forests, crown fires, diseases, disturbance, droughts, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, fishes, flammability, floods, forest management, forest types, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, health factors, Idaho, insects, landscape ecology, light burning, logging, Montana, multiple resource management, national forests, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, pollution, population density, post fire recovery, precipitation, rangelands, recreation, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, species diversity, stand characteristics, streamflow, Texas, topography, trees, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, Utah, Washington, water, water quality, watersheds, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wind, Wyoming
Atmospheric composition, local climate and sapling gas exchange were monitored to assess the short-term effects of smoke-haze from the 1997 Indonesian forest fires. Atmospheric concentrations of particulate matter, SO2, CO, CH4 and CO2, and relative humidity were elevated, and…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Intelligence, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, carbon dioxide, deforestation, fire case histories, fire management, forest management, humidity, Indonesia, native species (plants), particulates, photosynthesis, pollution, radiation, seedlings, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, S - sulfur, temperature, tropical forests, wildfires, aerosols, Borneo, particulate matter, SO2 - sulfur dioxide, tree species, tropical deforestation
A team of fire scientists and resource managers convened 17-19 April 1996 in Seattle, Washington, to assess the effects of fire disturbance on ecosystems. Objectives of this workshop were to develop scientific recommendations for future fire research and management activities.…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Northwest
Keywords: disturbance, ecosystem, fire management, ecological disturbance regimes, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, fire research, analytical hierarchy process, large-scale fire, Abies amabilis, Abies magnifica, air quality, Cascade Range, climatology, coniferous forests, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management planning, fire models, fire size, fuel appraisal, fuel management, fuel models, grasslands, moisture, Montana, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus, rate of spread, sampling, shrublands, smoke management, statistical analysis, subalpine forests, Tsuga heterophylla, Washington, wildfires, Yellowstone National Park