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Custer State Park is a large multiple use park where the dominant vegetation is ponderosa pine. Past management practices and recent wildfires have created a variety of stand structures. The Resource Management Plan was designed and written in holistic fashion; public input was…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Social Science
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: age classes, Betula papyrifera, Black Hills, computer programs, coniferous forests, digital data collection, ecosystem dynamics, fire intensity, fire suppression, forest management, GIS, histories, logging, overstory, Picea glauca, Pinus ponderosa, population density, population ecology, Populus tremuloides, public information, Quercus macrocarpa, South Dakota, stand characteristics, state parks, statistical analysis, vegetation surveys, wildfires
Prescribed burning costs are extemely variable, even if conditions are similar. This variability complicates planning and evaluation of prescribed burning programs and budgets, resulting in imprecise projecions of their economic benefits. Evaluating the worth of prescribed…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, fire size, Idaho, Montana, mopping up, Oregon, statistical analysis
Most ecosystems in North America evolved with the aid of periodic fires. Managers of natural areas, including prairies and wetlands, who seek to maintain ecologically diverse sites will at some point explore the use of fire in their management program. This article introduces…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Planning, 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, backfires, burning intervals, burning permits, education, fire control, fire equipment, fire management, firebreaks, general interest, liability, mortality, natural areas management, prairies, smoke management, wetlands
In response to pressing needs, a new, GIS-based approach is being developed by the University of Florida and the Division of Forestry. Called the Enhanced Open Burning Authorization and Wildfire Suppression System, it is still a prototype undergoing testing. The primary module…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel types, GIS - geographic information system, GPS - global positioning system, grasslands, land management, particulates, Pinus clausa, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, regeneration, smoke effects, smoke management, wetlands, wildfires
There is new constitutional law affecting the govemment's ability to regulate private property. That law applies in circumstances where regulation eliminates all economically beneficial use of property or attaches unreasonable conditions to permits for regulated activity. This…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Economics
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: burning permits, liability, natural resource legislation, smoke management
About 4.4 million acres of forestland in the South are prescribed burned each year. In some states, the area burned has been decreasing steadily. Some industrial owners plan to burn less in the future because of increased regulation and liability risks associated with burning,…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, burning permits, education, liability, public information, smoke management, wildfires, wood
Prescribed fire as a social issue becomes automatically an ecological, political, and economic issue. Any issue that affects us socially we take to the political arena, and its final resolution will involve the costs of different avenues to resolving the issue. Unfortunately,…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: conservation, education, European settlement, fire control, fire exclusion, fire suppression, human caused fires, prehistoric fires, public information, wilderness fire management
In California, the percentage of wildland which is prescribed burned has been declining for many years. Fear of litigation, environmental concerns, and public perceptions seem to be the stumbling blocks. Is the reverse true: if we stop prescription burning, will we alleviate our…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: archaeological sites, education, erosion, erosion control, fire hazard reduction, fire protection, fire suppression, liability, natural resource legislation, public information, season of fire, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Legal liability for prescribed burning has been and will be of significant importance to those engaged in this type of activity, In what situations will the prescribed burner be held pecuniarily liable? What factual scenarios denote non-liability? What are the statutory…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, burning permits, fire management, fire protection, land management, liability, smoke management, water quality
Managers of designated wilderness or conservation areas, especially those that are fire-dependent, often face a major dilemma. It is essential that fire perform its natural role of rejuvenating the ecosystem. Standards of environmental regulation, stewardship responsibilities…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, archaeological sites, Aristida stricta, burning permits, conservation, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire dependent species, fire management, fire protection, flatwoods, Georgia, hunting, lakes, liability, natural resource legislation, Okefenokee Swamp, Pinus palustris, pocosins, pollution, public information, recreation, rivers, smoke management, swamps, threatened and endangered species, water, wetlands, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife refuges
Natural processes are clearly provided for in the Wilderness Act of 1964. This Act defines wilderness as a large land area which is primarily affected by the forces of nature. In addition, the defined purpose of the Act was to assure these lands were to be preserved and…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, coniferous forests, conifers, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire adaptations, forest management, lightning caused fires, multiple resource management, natural resource legislation, pine forests, pine, prescribed fires (chance ignition), recreation, threatened and endangered species, water, water quality, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The Clean Air Act (Act) includes several provisions that can affect prescribed burning activity conducted by land managers. The provisions include reasonably and best available control measures for prescribed burning in the form of smoke management, a requirement that Federal…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, Appalachian Mountains, burning permits, education, natural resource legislation, particulates, public information, smoke management, wildfires
Wildland fires are an integral part of many ecosystems across North America; and these ecosystems often exhibit adaptations to periodic fire. These fire-adapted ecosystems are often termed fire-dependent, if recurring disturbances by fire are essential to the functioning of the…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Northwest, Southern, International
Keywords: adaptation, air quality, Canada, charcoal, coniferous forests, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, Florida, fuel accumulation, histories, liability, lightning, multiple resource management, natural resource legislation, Oregon, pine forests, public information, smoke management, trees, volcanoes, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: chaparral, fire equipment, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fuel appraisal, fuel management, fuel models, fuel types, logging, site treatments, smoke management
From the text: 'The Federal Clean Air Act states '...that the prevention and control of air pollution at its source is the primary responsibility of states and local governments..,' In order to fulfill this responsiility the various states and a number of local governments have…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, burning permits, fire protection, forest management, forest products, Georgia, health factors, land use, multiple resource management, natural resource legislation, pollution, rural communities, smoke management, urban habitats
From the text: 'Although management objectives differ among the Teton Wilderness, DESCON areas, and Everglades National Park, there are unifying concepte, or principles: 1. Land Management objectives set the stage regarding subsequent fire management decisions for suppression,…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, ecosystem dynamics, education, everglades, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, health factors, human caused fires, ignition, land management, lightning, lightning caused fires, national forests, national parks, public information, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness areas
From the summary ... 'Prescribed burning can be done with few adverse effects on air quality by employing recently developed smoke management techniques. Professionals who plan and direct prescribed burning activities try to avoid causing public inconvenience due to smoke.…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Alabama, Appalachian Mountains, arthropods, bibliographies, biogeography, burning permits, Carya, climax vegetation, coastal plain, competition, distribution, energy, fire hazard reduction, Florida, Fomes annosus, forest management, fuel management, Georgia, health factors, humus, insects, Kentucky, light burning, litter, livestock, Louisiana, mineral soils, Mississippi, natural resource legislation, North Carolina, Nyssa, organic matter, particulates, Piedmont, Pinus echinata, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, plant diseases, prairies, Quercus, range management, reforestation, regeneration, site treatments, sloping terrain, smoke management, South Carolina, succession, Taxodium, Tennessee, Texas, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
From the introduction ... 'In recent years, considerable research has gone into developing inventory procedures for forest residues. However, little apparent work has been done concerning what is consumed by broadcast burning this fuel. Present inventory procedures can be of…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, broadcast burning, coniferous forests, duff, fine fuels, fire management, fuel loading, fuel management, Oregon, particulates, reforestation, sampling, slash, smoke management, Tsuga, Washington
A program of field and laboratory measurements of emissions from the burning of agricultural residues (primarily cereal straw and stubble) and plume behavior is described. Relationships investigated include the dependence of total emissions and plume concentrations on fuel…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Economics
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, backfires, carbon dioxide, chemical elements, croplands, evapotranspiration, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, headfires, ignition, light, moisture, old fields, particulates, pollution, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, temperature, wind
Branches, tops and other woody material left after pruning and thinning operations can safely be burnt under the standing trees. Provided the soil and lower humus layer are thoroughly moist and the correct procedure is followed there should not be any damage to trees which have…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, biomass, brush, distribution, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, fynbos, ground cover, humus, litter, needles, pine forests, Pinus patula, season of fire, site treatments, soil moisture, South Africa, thinning, trees, weeds, wind, woody fuels
Present knowledge indicates that prescribed forest and agricultural burning can be continued with minimal adverse affects. The most serious objection to burning is the limited visibility that may persist temporarily in the vicinity of the fire. Smoke can be a severe problem near…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, browse, competition, decay, fire adaptations (plants), fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, fuel management, land management, litter, livestock, logging, pine forests, range management, site treatments, smoke management, understory vegetation, watershed management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, woody plants
The Task Force on Prescribed Burning was established in the spring of 1975 to inform and guide the Council on the appropriate use of fire in forest management. The Task Force accordingly synthesized knowledge about fire in forest ecosystems, its effects on air and water, and its…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, arthropods, ecosystem dynamics, fire hazard reduction, forbs, forest management, grasses, herbicides, insects, livestock, pesticides, Pinus palustris, plant diseases, range management, site treatments, soils, succession, understory vegetation, water, water quality, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
Twenty control burns performed with a wide range of fuel loadings and moisture conditions were used to study the effectiveness of old fuel reduction under standing Douglas-fir/larch forest. This paper reports the influence of burning on nutrient retention and loss from the soil…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: decomposition, fuel reduction, Pseudotsuga menziesii, ash, biological life concept, Montana, Douglas-fir - larch, Larix spp., nutrients, air quality, Boletus spp., browse, burning intervals, calcium, chemistry, climatology, coniferous forests, copper, dead fuels, decay, ecosystem dynamics, Epilobium angustifolium, field experimental fires, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire weather, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, ignition, iron, land use, Larix occidentalis, light burning, litter, magnesium, manganese, nutrient cycling, pH, plant growth, plant nutrients, post-fire recovery, K - potassium, precipitation, roots, season of fire, seeds, site treatments, smoke effects, sodium, soil erosion, soil leaching, soil nutrients, soil temperature, soils, plant species diversity, statistical analysis, thinning, Vaccinium membranaceum, wildlife, zinc
Wood versus fossil fuel as a source of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: a preliminary report
If the amounts of wood consumed in deforestation to increase agricultural land and as firewood in underindustrialized countries are added to the amount consumed by the money economics as forest products, the estimates of the net amount of wood removed from the biosphere in this…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Brazil, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, chemistry, clearcutting, deforestation, energy, forest management, forest products, fuel types, glaciers, habitat conversion, human caused fires, rainforests, regeneration, sedimentation, South America, tropical forests, wood, woody fuels