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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
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, bibliographies, British Columbia, browse, Canada, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, fire hazard reduction, fire regimes, forest management, grazing, land management, litter, logging, plant growth, Populus tremuloides, regeneration, runoff, seedlings, site treatments, slash, soils, streamflow, water quality, wildlife habitat management
A speculative, phenomenological model is formulated for the time-varying intensity and spread rate of a free-burning fire under the influence of nonsteady wind. The model is linearized by approximations and explicit solutions derived for the amplitude response of spread rate and…
Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel management, fuel models, rate of spread, spot fires, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind
From the Introduction...'A land manager*s decision to use a specific burning technique is influenced by many considerations, only one of which is a goal to reduce smoke emissions. Other important considerations include ensuring public and firefighter safety, maintaining control…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Eastern, Great Basin, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, backing fires, biomass, chaparral, computer programs, coniferous forests, duff, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire size, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel models, fuel moisture, fuel types, grasslands, ignition, land management, land use, litter, mopping up, mortality, mosaic, nutrients, pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, site treatments, slash, smoke management, Tsuga, water, water quality, wilderness fire management, woody fuels
The results of a survey of fire management officials concerning historical and projected prescribed burning activity in the South is reported. Prescribed burning programs on USDA Forest Service and private and state-owned lands are described in terms of area burned by ownership…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: air quality, Alabama, Arkansas, coastal plain, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, Florida, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel types, Georgia, grazing, liability, light burning, Louisiana, low intensity burns, mammals, Mississippi, multiple resource management, national forests, nongame birds, Oklahoma, pine forests, Pinus, prescribed fires (escaped), private lands, public information, reforestation, slash, smoke management, South Carolina, spot fires, surface fires, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), US Forest Service, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, Virginia, wildlife habitat management
Wildland fire is a major disturbance agent that shapes the forest health productivity and ecological diversity of eastern Oregon and Washington. Fire behavior and the effects of fire on flora, fauna, soils, air, and water are in large part driven by the availability of fuels to…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: bibliographies, crown fires, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire intensity, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, grasslands, ground fires, hardwood forests, health factors, logging, Oregon, partial cutting, pine forests, rangelands, site treatments, soils, succession, thinning, vegetation surveys, Washington, water, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, community ecology, ecosystem dynamics, fire adaptations (animals), fire adaptations (plants), fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, health factors, land management, land use, Los Alamos, military lands, multiple resource management, National Fire Plan, national forests, national parks, natural resource legislation, plant communities, Washington, wilderness fire management
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Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, fuel loading, fuel types, grasslands, land management, land use, multiple resource management, national forests, national parks, natural resource legislation, population density, public information, rural communities, smoke management, state forests, US Forest Service, urban habitats, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, woody fuels
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Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: Abies balsamea, Acer saccharinum, Betula papyrifera, biogeochemical cycles, biogeography, carbon dioxide, coniferous forests, cover type conversion, distribution, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, ENSO, fire adaptations (plants), fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire regimes, forest management, fuel moisture, hardwood forests, ignition, insects, land management, land use, landscape ecology, nutrient cycling, Picea engelmannii, pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus resinosa, plant diseases, Populus grandidentata, Populus tremuloides, precipitation, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus alba, Thuja occidentalis, Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, wildfires
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…
Person:
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
Fire modeling and information system technology play an important supporting role in fuel and fire management. Modeling is used to examine alternative fuel treatment options, project potential ecosystem changes, and assess risk to life and property. Models are also used to…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fuel models, wildland fire, fire spread, fuel management, air quality, biomass, catastrophic fires, computer program, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, fire injuries (plants), evolution, fire management, flame length, fuel loading, fuel types, GIS - geographic information system, mineral soil, ignition, rate of spread, remote sensing, mortality, surface fires, season of fire, thinning, water quality, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
Attitudes and policies concerning wildland fire, fire use, and fire management have changed greatly since early European settlers arrived in North America. Active suppression of wildfires accelerated early in the 20th Century, and areas burned dropped dramatically. In recent…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, fire policy, research needs, fuel management, air quality, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire management planning, fire models, fire regimes, fire suppression, fire weather, fuel loading, GIS - geographic information system, fuel moisture, remote sensing, season of fire, site treatments, smoke management, vegetation surveys, wildfires
The relationship between daily total tons of forestry fuel consumed by prescribed burns in western Oregon and 24-hour average total suspended particulate (TSP) concentration in the Willamette Valley is examined. The relationship is statistically significant at the 95% level. A…
Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, fire hazard reduction, forest management, national forests, Oregon, particulates, rural communities, seasonal activities, smoke management, statistical analysis, topography, weather observations
Forestry, conservation, wildfire risk reduction, and agricultural uses of planned or prescribed fires as a tool for meeting the needs of wildland managers are increasingly in collision at the air pollution control and climate change cross-roads. The inevitable conflict resulting…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air pollution, clouds, Canada, Ontario, aerosols, air quality, biomass, catastrophic fires, climatology, conservation, fire case histories, fire management, fire weather, firing techniques, land management, particulates, pollution, precipitation, size classes, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Direct emissions of carbon from Canadian forest fires were estimated for all Canada and for each ecozone for the period 1959-1999. The estimates were based on a database of large fires for the country and calculations of fuel consumption for each fire using the Canadian Forest…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forests, Canada, fuel consumption, carbon emissions, carbon sink, taiga, air quality, arthropods, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, climatology, coniferous forests, crown fires, deciduous forests, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, energy, fire danger rating, fire injuries (animals), fire management, fire size, fire suppression, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel types, gases, insects, particulates, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus resinosa, Pinus strobus, post-fire recovery, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas-fir, season of fire, statistical analysis, succession, wildfires
Between June and November 2000, fourteen focus groups were held in four selected sites to elicit and document the range of perspectives, concepts and lexicon for discussing fire management and fuel treatment. Scales for fuel treatment acceptance factors such as fire knowledge,…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Eastern, Southern
Keywords: public opinion, aesthetics, air quality, catastrophic fires, climatology, conservation, coniferous forests, cutting, deforestation, drought, education, fire case histories, fire control, fire equipment, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, firebreak, flammability, firefighting personnel, Florida, forest management, fuel management, grasses, grazing, herbicide, human caused fires, hunting, ignition, Lake States, lightning caused fires, livestock, logging, Michigan, moisture, national forests, national parks, nutrients, pine forests, plantations, post-fire recovery, precipitation, private lands, public information, recreation, regulations, SFP - Southern Fire Portal, Sierra Nevada, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke effects, species diversity, stand characteristics, statistical analysis, threatened and endangered species, understory vegetation, wind, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, air quality, Andropogon, ash, biogeography, biomass, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, catastrophic fires, chemical compounds, chemistry, dominance (ecology), ecotones, fire frequency, fire size, grasslands, habitat types, Ivory Coast, Loudetia simplex, N - nitrogen, nutrient cycling, plant growth, post fire recovery, sampling, savannas, scrub, seasonal activities, statistical analysis, S - sulfur, tropical forests, wildfires
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…
Person:
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