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From the text (p.2) ... 'Prescribed burning is an essential management tool in southern pine forests, particularly where bobwhite are the focal species....'(p.3) '...Hoever, over the last half of this century, the use of prescribed fire has declined throughout the region as…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Aimophila aestivalis, Alabama, burning permits, coastal plain, Colinus virginianus, ecosystem dynamics, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire management, Florida, forbs, forest management, game birds, Georgia, Gopherus polyphemus, grasses, grasslands, ignition, invasive species, liability, litigation, Louisiana, Mississippi, needles, nongame birds, Picoides borealis, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, population density, private lands, reptiles, roads, season of fire, Sitta pusilla, smoke management, South Carolina, Tall Timbers Research Station, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), Virginia, wildlife habitat management, wood
From the text ... 'A coordinated, interagency effort is required to ensure that fire use programs are implemented in a professional and competent manner.... Fire management is as much a philosophy and attitude toward the land as it is an action program.'
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, land management, public information, smoke management, wildfires
From the text ... 'Early prescribed natural fire efforts were tacitly supported, limited in extent, and carried out under close scrutiny.... Wildland fire use has moved beyond the confines of remote, inaccessible areas. It is expanding across an increasing variety of land use…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, forest management, invasive species, land use, national parks, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (chance ignition), private lands, public information, smoke management, wildfires
From the text (p.28) ... 'Landowners have been using fire as a land management tool for centuries. It's a great tool that produces multiple benefits, such as site preparation for reforestation, hardwood control in pine stands, wildfire hazard reduction, improved wildlife habitat…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, burning permits, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fuel loading, land management, litter, private lands, reforestation, salvage, smoke management, threatened and endangered species, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
The South is the birthplace of statutes and ordinances that both advocate and protect the cultural heritage of woods burning, which has been practiced in this region uninterrupted for more than 10,000 years. We present a brief overview of fire use in the South and discuss why…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: community ecology, coniferous forests, conservation, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, Georgia, hardwood forests, land management, liability, natural resource legislation, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, smoke management, Smokey Bear program, Tall Timbers Research Station, wildfires, wood
In a time when fire planners and forest supervisors in many parts of the United States are implementing plans to increase the number and frequency of prescribed burns, the issue of smoke impacts on air quality is becoming increasingly important. Smoke from prescribed fires can…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: air quality, eastern deciduous forest, prescribed fire planning, smoke impacts, smoke management, oak forests
During 2005, the USDA Forest Service celebrated its Centennial, recognizing 100 years of successfully caring for the land and serving people. The Rocky Mountain Research Station has been, and continues to be, an integral part of the Forest Service mission, dating back to the…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: Forest Service, research, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Over the last several decades, the overall air quality goal in the United States has been to protect public health and clear skies by reducing emissions. At the same time, however, the risk of catastrophic fire has been rising in forests around the country as overly dense trees…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, BlueSky Modeling Framework, smoke concentration, smoke effects, smoke management, smoke estimation tools, smoke forecasting
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Models, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire weather
Accurate forecasting of regional weather is an important aspect of modern fire and smoke management. Fire weather impacts prescribed burn decisions, allocation of firefighting resources, and fire-fighters safety. Regional weather forecasts are currently produced by 3-D numerical…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, FORFLUX, MM5 - Mesoscale Model generation 5
The primary objective of the fuel consumption project is: Improve existing models to better predict fuel consumption during the smoldering phase of wildland fires; develop new fuel consumption models for shrubland hardwood, and boreal forest fuel types; implement modified and…
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Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: duff consumption, fuel moisture, piled fuels, prescribed burning, woody fuel consumption, Consume 3.0
Consume is a user-friendly computer program designed for resource managers with some working knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications. The software predicts the amount of fuel consumption, emissions, and heat release from the burning of logged units, piled slash, and natural…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: duff consumption, FCCS - Fuel Characteristic Classification System, fuel moisture, piled fuels, prescribed burning, woody fuel consumption, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, CONSUME
The Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team has completed Consume version 3.0 (http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/products/consume.html). This system is the principle science delivery product for the Joint Fire Science Program-funded project entitled: 'Modification and…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: duff consumption, fuel moisture, piled fuels, woody fuel consumption, Consume 3.0, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team
Many factors increase susceptibility of forests to wildfire in California. Among them are increases in human population, changes in land use, increased fire starts, fire suppression, and frequent droughts. These factors have been exacerbating forest susceptibility to wildfires…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Planning
Region(s): California
Keywords: air pollution
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Planning
Region(s): California
Keywords: air pollution
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Planning
Region(s): California
Keywords: air pollution