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From the text...'Several important facets of any wilderness fire management program must be understood by everyone. First, there are risks involved--primarily the risk of fires escaping. We may not always be able to contain them within the mangement unit. Also, wilderness fire…
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Safety
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: ecosystem dynamics, elevation, fire adaptations, fire exclusion, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, Idaho, national forests, needles, pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, plant communities, precipitation, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rate of spread, savannas, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, shrublands, shrubs, spot fires, subalpine forests, vegetation surveys, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: artificial regeneration, backfires, burning intervals, cutting, diseases, fire equipment, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, firing techniques, flame length, flank fires, forest management, hardwoods, headfires, humidity, Louisiana, pine forests, plantations, precipitation, season of fire, site treatments, sloping terrain, smoke management, spot fires, statistical analysis, wildlife habitat management, wind
[From the text] Fire has been an integral part of America's wildlands for millions of years. The only environments not experiencing fire as a significant ecological factor were those that remained very cold, very wet, or very dry, and even in these regions, extreme variation in…
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: ecosystem dynamics, fire adaptations, fire exclusion, fire management, fire management planning, fire regimes, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel types, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, national parks, chance ignition prescribed fires, recreation
Describes a new wildfire effects appraisal system developed for Wisconsin.
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Social Science
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: fire benefits, fire damage, fire management, valuation procedure, management plan, Wisconsin, aesthetics, agriculture, air quality, catastrophic fires, environmental impact analysis, fire intensity, statistical analysis, wildlife habitat management