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From the text...'Big gaps still exist in the understanding of fire ecology, especially the seasonal aspects. Fire can have profoundly different effects on soil, plants and animals depending on when it occurs. Oftentimes the most ecological gain comes from burning during the…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: backfires, catastrophic fires, cones, coniferous forests, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire adaptations (plants), fire equipment, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, firing techniques, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, general interest, grasslands, headfires, invasive species, land management, liability, mopping up, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, public information, Sequoiadendron giganteum , smoke effects, surface fires, Tall Timbers Research Station, tallgrass prairies, topography, vegetation surveys
On the afternoon of February 7, 1962, Forest Ranger George Nunnelee and I were making routine equipment inspections in Covington County, AL. At approximately 2:30 p.m., while on higher elevations in the north end of the county, I commented to Mr. Nunnelee that a tall smoke in…
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Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, ash, blowup, fire case histories, fire control, fire danger rating, fire management, fire weather, fire whirls, smoke behavior, wildfires, wind
The natural resources of Interior Alaska deserve a higher level of protection than is now feasible. This publication is written for both the person requiring specific data to do a better research or protection job and the person who wishes to become more thoroughly acquainted…
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Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Weather
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: resource management, fire control, fire protection, fire season, Interior Alaska, Alnus, Betula papyrifera, climatology, crown fires, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, fish, fuel management, fuel moisture, fuel types, geography, hunting, lightning caused fires, litter, logging, mining, nesting, Picea glauca, Picea mariana, Populus balsamifera, Populus tremuloides, precipitation, recreation, recreation related fires, Salix, size classes, sloping terrain, soil moisture, statistical analysis, temperature, tundra, watersheds, wildfires, wind