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Prescribed fire is a valuable tool utilized in the management of wildlife habitat, range, forestry, watershed, fuels, and fire dependent vegetation communities. Although most impacts are beneficial, some adverse impacts must be mitigated. Specificially, air quality, water qulity…
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, backfires, brush, CO2 - carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, chaparral, combustion, crown scorch, disturbance, escape cover, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, firebreaks, firing techniques, fuel management, headfires, hydrocarbons, land management, low intensity burns, mortality, multiple resource management, N - nitrogen, particulates, plant communities, plant physiology, pollution, post-fire recovery, rate of spread, riparian habitats, runoff, season of fire, sedimentation, site treatments, smoke effects, soil erosion, soil management, soil moisture, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, soils, streamflow, streams, threatened and endangered species (plants), topography, vegetation surveys, vulnerable species or communities, water, water quality, water repellent soils, watershed management, watersheds, wildlife
Logging slash on 73 clearcuts in the western larch/Douglas-fir forest of western Montana was broadcast burned over a wide range of environmental conditions. A broad array of fire intensities and effects was achieved. A severe wildfire was also evaluated and compared to the…
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: Douglas-fir, fire management, Pseudotsuga menziesii, clearcutting, larch, Larix spp., Abies lasiocarpa, Abies grandis, aesthetics, air quality, Arnica latifolia, ash, bibliographies, broadcast burning, Calamagrostis rubescens, calcium, catastrophic fires, cavity nesting birds, chemistry, Clintonia, competition, coniferous forests, decay, dominance, drought, duff, Epilobium angustifolium, erosion, Eutamias ruficaudus, fine fuels, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, forest management, fuel appraisal, fuel inventory, fuel loading, fuel moisture, ground cover, herbaceous vegetation, Larix occidentalis, light, logging, low intensity burns, magnesium, Microtus longicaudus, mineral soil, Montana, N - nitrogen, nutrient cycling, nutrients, old growth forest, organic matter, Peromyscus maniculatus, pH, phosphorus, Picea engelmannii, Pinus ponderosa, plant growth, population density, post-fire recovery, K - potassium, precipitation, raptors, rate of spread, regeneration, runoff, season of fire, sedimentation, seed dispersal, seed germination, seed production, seedlings, seeds, shrubs, slash, small mammals, smoke behavior, smoke management, sodium, soil erosion, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, soil permeability, soils, statistical analysis, succession, Thuja plicata, Vaccinium globulare, volatilization, water, water repellent soils, watershed management, watersheds, wildlife, wildlife food habits, wildlife habitat management, Xerophyllum tenax