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[from the text] Forest fires in the United States have caused an average annual loss of about 70 human lives, the destruction of trees worth at the very least $25,000,000, and the loss of stock, crops, buildings, and other improvements to the amount of many millions more. To…
Person:
Year: 1912
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire damage, area burned, fire cause, economic impacts

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…
Person:
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