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Microscopic charcoal fragments preserved in lake and swamp sediments with pollen and other microfossils provide evidence for past burning regimes. Some problems with the interpretation of charcoal records are similar to those of pollen analysis, but other factors must be taken…
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Fire History, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: aborigines, Australia, charcoal, fire regimes, histories, lakes, paleoclimatology, pollen, sampling, swamps, water
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, clearcutting, fire management, forest management, herbicides, histories, logging, multiple resource management, Oregon, site treatments, slash, smoke management
The purpose of this report is to make an environmental evaluation of prescribed burning and its alternatives, and relate to the economic considerations in the southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service.
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, amphibians, Andropogon, Appalachian Mountains, Aristida stricta, arthropods, Cercyonis pegala, Danuas plexippus, earthworms, education, erosion, experimental areas, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire regimes, fishes, forest management, game birds, Graphium marcellus, grasslands, habitat types, hardwood forests, herbicides, histories, Hyla andersonii, insects, invertebrates, land use, Lepidoptera, mammals, multiple resource management, Mus musculus, national forests, nongame birds, Peromyscus polionotus, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus echinata, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus rigida, Pinus strobus, Pinus taeda, Pinus virginiana, public information, Quercus, reptiles, savannas, Sigmodon hispidus, site treatments, small mammals, smoke management, soil organic matter, Tall Timbers Research Station, threatened and endangered species (animals), Urocyon cinereoargenteus, water quality, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management
(1)The behaviour of the August 1936 Galatea fire in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains was reconstructed with respect to the rate of spread, frontal-fire intensity and fuel consumption, and illustrates that tree mortality, seed dispersal distance into the burn and…
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, Alberta, Canada, conifers, crown fires, duff, elevation, fine fuels, fire adaptations (plants), fire case histories, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire size, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel moisture, fuel types, habitat types, ignition, lightning caused fires, litter, moisture, montane forests, mortality, mountainous terrain, mountains, national parks, organic matter, overstory, Picea, Picea engelmannii, pine, Pinus contorta, plant growth, post fire recovery, radiation, rate of spread, regeneration, reproduction, sampling, seed dispersal, seed germination, site treatments, smoke behavior, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, subalpine forests, topography, trees, water, wildfires, wind
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: aborigines, Australia, European settlement, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, habitat conversion, hunting, presettlement fires, smoke effects, wildfires
From the text... 'Peat continues to be a common source of fuel for man. Fossil remains in coal suggest that grassy rather than woody vegetation is typical of coal-forming sites, and such an association would also favor the fine lamination characteristic of fusain. If fire were…
Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: adaptation, Africa, agriculture, air quality, Asia, char, charcoal, chemistry, coastal vegetation, combustion, community ecology, coniferous forests, deciduous forests, decomposition, droughts, duff, ecosystem dynamics, everglades, ferns, fire adaptations (plants), fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire retardants, fire size, fire suppression, flammability, Florida, forbs, Georgia, glaciers, grasses, habitat types, heat, heat effects, histories, human caused fires, hunting, insects, Komarek, E.V., Sr., lakes, landscape ecology, lightning, lightning caused fires, litter, livestock, marshes, Native Americans, North Carolina, nutrients, Okefenokee Swamp, organic matter, peat, pest control, pesticides, Pinaceae, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, plant communities, pocosins, prehistoric fires, rainforests, seeds, serotiny, shrubs, slash, soot, species diversity (plants), swamps, trees, water, wind, pyrolysis, ORGANISMS, COAL MINE FIRES, ASTRONAUT OBSERVATIONS
From the text... 'The outcome of the Southern Forestry Education Campaign was much less devisive. To begin with, its subject was not the internal distribution of agency funds but the promotion of fire protection as a concept. Nor was it concerned with the question of transient…
Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Adirondack Mountains, Africa, agriculture, backfires, Belgian Congo, broadcast burning, Canada, Cascades Range, coniferous forests, conservation, distribution, education, erosion, Europe, fire case histories, fire equipment, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire size, firefighting personnel, Florida, France, fuel management, Georgia, Germany, Greece, histories, human caused fires, hunting, Idaho, ignition, Illinois, incendiary fires, insects, Kentucky, lightning caused fires, livestock, logging, Maine, Maryland, Mediterranean habitats, Michigan, military lands, Mississippi, national forests, Native Americans, Nebraska, New England, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Ozarks, Pennsylvania, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, presettlement fires, private lands, public information, rangeland fires, recreation related fires, resins, Russia, Scandinavia, slash, Smokey Bear program, soils, Turkey, US Forest Service, water, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wood, AFA - American Forestry Association, COAL MINE FIRES, CCC - Civilian Conservation Corporation, CODE NAPOLEON, CFFP - Cooperate Forest Fire Prevention Program, CORDILLERA, DESCON (Designated Control Burn System), DIXIE CRUSADERS, EXCOMMUNICATION, fire codes, JOB HUNTING FIRES, KEEP GREEN PROGRAM, MARK TWAIN, MARTIAL LAW, MOONSHINERS, National Fire Prevention Day, NEW DEAL, NWCG - National Wildfire Coordinating Group, PROJECT SKYFIRE, propaganda, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, SCFFP - Southern Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Program, SIMON EL ORO, SMOKE JUMPER, Tillamook Fire, WARTIME, WFCA - Western Forestry and Conservation Association
From the text... 'But with the advent of fire protection in the South, game birds decreased much as pasturage had and as grouse populations had in Britain. The vegetative ensemble that sustained maximum populations gave way to roughage and woods. By 1923 hunting plantations in…
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, Alabama, Appalachian Mountains, Aristida, Arkansas, backfires, birds, broadcast burning, brush, burning intervals, Chamaecrista, Chapman, H.H., coastal plain, Colinus virginianus, conservation, copper, cutting, decay, droughts, education, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, game birds, Georgia, Gossypium, grasses, habitat suitability, health factors, herbaceous vegetation, histories, human caused fires, hunting, ignition, insects, Kentucky, Komarek, E.V., Sr., land management, land use, livestock, logging, Louisiana, mammals, Meleagris gallopavo, Michigan, military lands, Mississippi, mosaic, mountains, national forests, Native Americans, natural resource legislation, needles, North Carolina, Okefenokee Swamp, Osceola National Forest, Piedmont, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, plantations, pocosins, prairies, precipitation, private lands, public information, range management, recreation, Red Hills, reproduction, reptiles, Saccharum, savannas, Serenoa repens, site treatments, slash, soils, South Carolina, Stoddard, H.L., suppression, swamps, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tennessee, Texas, trees, turpentine, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, West Virginia, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife management, wildlife refuges, windthrows, wood, annual burning, BLOWDOWNS, CIVIL WAR, CCC - Civilian Conservation Corporation, DESCON (Designated Control Burn Systems), National Guard, NEW DEAL, pitch, silviculture, tar, TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority, Weeks Act
From the text... 'It is often assumed that the American Indian was incapable of greatly modifying his environment and that he would not have been much interested in doing so if he did have the capabilities. In fact, he possessed both the tool and the will to use it. That tool…
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aborigines, agriculture, arid regions, barrens, broadcast burning, burning intervals, Canada, catastrophic fires, coastal plain, deserts, droughts, duff, ecosystem dynamics, ecotones, fertilizers, fire case histories, fire control, fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire protection, fire regimes, firefighting personnel, Florida, forest management, grasses, grasslands, habitat suitability, habitat types, histories, human caused fires, hunting, insects, integrated pest management, land use planning, landscape ecology, lightning caused fires, logging, mammals, mortality, mosaic, Native Americans, New England, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, prairies, precipitation, presettlement fires, presettlement vegetation, recreation, rivers, savannas, scorch, season of fire, slash, swamps, trees, understory vegetation, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildland fuels, MYTHOLOGY
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Models
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: adaptation, Agrostis hyemalis, air temperature, Betula nana, biogeography, boreal forests, Brasenia, carbon dioxide, Chamaecyparis, coastal plain, community ecology, conservation, distribution, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, forest fragmentation, climate change, habits and behavior, histories, Liquidambar, Liriodendron, Magnolia, marshlands, Menispermum, moisture, mortality, mountains, natural areas management, Ovibos moschatus, Picea engelmannii, Pinus strobus, Pinus taeda, plant growth, population density, population ecology, precipitation, Rangifer tarandus, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), temperate forests, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), Thuja, Tsuga, Tsuga canadensis, vulnerable species or communities, wildlife refuges
Wetlands dominated by flora of the Gramineae and Cyperaceae, such as fens and sedge meadows, have been shown to be fire dependent or fire related in their natural history as well as their community composition and structure. Prescribed burning is therefore a useful and often…
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fuels, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: Alnus rugosa, Betula sandbergii, bogs, burning intervals, Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex stricta, community ecology, conservation, Cornus stolonifera, Cyperaceae, education, fire dependent species, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, fuel loading, fuel moisture, Gramineae, grasslike plants, ground cover, histories, humidity, ignition, introduced species, invasive species, land management, Larix laricina, moisture, mortality, natural areas management, openings, overstory, plant communities, public information, resprouting, Salix, season of fire, shrubs, species diversity (plants), succession, temperature, water, wetlands, wildlife refuges, wind, Wisconsin, woody plants
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Models
Region(s): Northwest, International
Keywords: age classes, air quality, biogeography, community ecology, coniferous forests, decay, distribution, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, habitat types, histories, mortality, New Zealand, Nothofagus, overstory, pioneer species, plant communities, plant diseases, plant growth, population density, regeneration, reproduction, senescence, size classes, soils, species diversity (plants), succession, volcanoes
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Eastern, Southern, International
Keywords: air quality, Appalachian Mountains, bibliographies, Blue Ridge Mountains, competition, European settlement, fire adaptations (plants), fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, Georgia, grazing, hardwoods, histories, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, logging, mountains, Native Americans, N - nitrogen, North Carolina, pine forests, Pinus palustris, Pinus pungens, plant growth, Quercus, regeneration, season of fire, sedimentation, seedlings, site treatments, smoke management, soil nutrients, soils, South Carolina, Virginia, water quality, West Virginia
From the text... 'To understand and predict wildland fire behavior, it is necessary to enlarge analogies drawn from confined fires and to create models for the components of the fire environment, such as fuels and weather, and for the mechanics of fire propagation. Wildland fire…
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Great Basin, Northwest, Southern, International
Keywords: backfires, blowups, catastrophic fires, char, chemistry, combustion, convection, crown fires, decomposition, droughts, duff, fire adaptations (plants), fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire size, fire whirls, flame length, flammability, floods, forest types, fuel loading, fuel moisture, grasses, ground fires, heat, heat effects, histories, human caused fires, hydrology, ignition, India, Komarek, E.V., Sr., landscape ecology, live fuels, military lands, national forests, New England, nutrients, O - oxygen, physics, private lands, rivers, sloping terrain, spot fires, statistical analysis, topography, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, water, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind, woody fuels, conduction, firestorm, LAWSUITS, MYTHOLOGY, pitch, pyrolysis, thermodynamics