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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies spp., air quality, Arizona, biomass, catastrophic fires, Colorado, coniferous forests, crown fires, crowns, disturbance, education, environmental impact analysis, environmental impact statements, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, forest management, fuel breaks, fuel management, fuel types, general interest, grasses, herbaceous vegetation, human caused fires, landscape ecology, logging, low intensity burns, Montana, mortality, mosaic, national forests, national parks, New Mexico, old growth forests, Oregon, overstory, partial cutting, Picea engelmannii, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, prescribed fires (chance ignition), Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, roads, second growth forests, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, site treatments, size classes, slash, surface fuels, thinning, US Forest Service, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, annual plants, catastrophic fires, Ceanothus, Centaurea, Colorado, coniferous forests, Cytisus, disturbance, duff, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, fire case histories, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, fishes, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, general interest, health factors, herbaceous vegetation, Idaho, invasive species, light burning, lightning caused fires, litter, logging, Montana, national forests, national parks, native species (animals), native species (plants), natural resource legislation, Pinus albicaulis, Pinus ponderosa, plant communities, precipitation, riparian habitats, runoff, seedlings, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, shrubs, smoke effects, soil nutrients, soils, streams, surface fires, thinning, water, water quality, water repellent soils, weed control, wildfires, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, woody fuels
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Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, International
Keywords: British Columbia, Canada, catastrophic fires, coastal forests, community ecology, coniferous forests, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, education, erosion, fine fuels, fire adaptations (animals), fire adaptations (plants), fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel management, fuel moisture, general interest, grazing, Great Plains, histories, landscape ecology, lightning caused fires, livestock, logging, Mexico, national forests, national parks, native species (animals), native species (plants), Nebraska, old growth forests, Oregon, Picea engelmannii, pine forests, Pinus contorta, Pinus engelmannii, Pinus ponderosa, prescribed fires (chance ignition), Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, roads, Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron giganteum , smoke effects, South Dakota, thinning, Tsuga heterophylla, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the text ... 'This article updates the uses of the fire severity index called the Haines Index (HI). We discuss the original intended use of HI, its current operational use, some ways that users have modified it, and different aspects of HI that researchers are examining to…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: convection, fire danger rating, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, flame length, fuel moisture, ignition, rate of spread, smoke behavior, temperature, Washington, wildfires, wind
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Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire damage (property), fire equipment, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, forest management, general interest, landscape ecology, liability, logging, National Fire Plan, national forests, national parks, Native Americans, natural resource legislation, presettlement fires, presettlement vegetation, private lands, public information, roads, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, thinning, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the test...'Federal and state forestry agencies, seduced by the mobility of fire-spotting aircraft and the cost-effectiveness of satellites and electronic sensors, stopped staffing most of the more than 8,200 lookouts scattered across the United States. Some especially…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Eastern, Northwest
Keywords: education, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, hardwood forests, national forests, New Jersey, northern California, Oregon, pine forests, public information, southern California, US Forest Service, Washington, wildfires
Abstract only. 'Fire has a long history of regional use in the United States for forest, range and game management. Except for a few high-profile threatened, endangered, and sensitive species such as the pine barrens treefrog (Hyla andersonii), the red cockaded woodpecker (…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Northwest, Southern
Keywords: Appalachian Mountains, barrens, coastal plain, Dendroica, Dendroica kirtlandii, education, fire exclusion, fire management, forest management, fragmentation, hardwood forests, histories, Hyla, Hyla andersonii, land management, liability, nongame birds, Picoides borealis, pine barrens, pine forests, private lands, range management, smoke management, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, threatened and endangered species (animals), wildlife, wildlife management
This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on air quality can assist land, fire, and air resource managers with fire and smoke planning, and their efforts to explain to others the science behind fire-related program policies and practices to improve air quality.…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, wildfire, biomass emissions, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, smoke dispersion, smoke management, biomass, burning permits, chemistry, combustion, cover, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, flame length, fuel management, health factors, heat effects, land management, NFP - National Fire Plan, O3 - ozone, particulates, pollution, public information, roads, smoke effects, soil management, soils, wildland fire
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Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, combustion, coniferous forests, conifers, deciduous forests, disturbance, fire growth, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, firebreaks, forest management, fuel accumulation, gases, health factors, human caused fires, land use, lightning, lightning caused fires, CH4 - methane, wildfires, C - carbon, climate change, Kyoto Protocol, fire suppression and biodiversity
Black carbon (BC) may be a major component of riverine carbon exported to the ocean, but its flux from large rivers is unknown. Furthermore, the global distribution of BC between natural and anthropogenic sources remains uncertain. We have determined BC concentrations in…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Economics
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Arkansas, biomass, C - carbon, combustion, distribution, drainage, hydrocarbons, Louisiana, Mississippi, peat fires, rivers, runoff, sedimentation, soil management, soils, vegetation surveys, water, water quality, watershed management, watersheds
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Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, fire management, fire size, fuel loading, fuel types, hydrocarbons, Mexico, Mexico City, N - nitrogen, particulates, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, urban habitats, wildfires