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This guide provides direction for planning and managing smoke from prescribed fires to achieve air quality requirements through improved smoke management practices. The Guide applies to all prescribed fires, those started by managers or by nature throughout the Manti-La Sal…
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, backfires, burning permits, coniferous forests, firing techniques, fuel types, health factors, liability, national forests, national parks, plant communities, public information, rangeland fires, rangelands, slash, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, thinning, Utah, watershed management, wilderness areas, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, Yellowstone National Park
On the afternoon of February 7, 1962, Forest Ranger George Nunnelee and I were making routine equipment inspections in Covington County, AL. At approximately 2:30 p.m., while on higher elevations in the north end of the county, I commented to Mr. Nunnelee that a tall smoke in…
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Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, ash, blowup, fire case histories, fire control, fire danger rating, fire management, fire weather, fire whirls, smoke behavior, wildfires, wind
The natural resources of Interior Alaska deserve a higher level of protection than is now feasible. This publication is written for both the person requiring specific data to do a better research or protection job and the person who wishes to become more thoroughly acquainted…
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Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Weather
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: resource management, fire control, fire protection, fire season, Interior Alaska, Alnus, Betula papyrifera, climatology, crown fires, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, fish, fuel management, fuel moisture, fuel types, geography, hunting, lightning caused fires, litter, logging, mining, nesting, Picea glauca, Picea mariana, Populus balsamifera, Populus tremuloides, precipitation, recreation, recreation related fires, Salix, size classes, sloping terrain, soil moisture, statistical analysis, temperature, tundra, watersheds, wildfires, wind
CONSUME [1.0] is a user-friendly computer program designed for resource managers with some working knowledge of IBM-PC applications. The software predicts the amount of fuel consumption on logged units based on weather data, the amount and fuel moisture of fuels, and a number…
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: duff consumption, fuel moisture, piled fuels, prescribed burning, woody fuel consumption, Consume 1.0, CONSUME