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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, archaeological sites, birds, catastrophic fires, chaparral, coniferous forests, eucalyptus, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, grasslands, Gymnogyps californianus, hardwood forests, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, national parks, Native Americans, pine forests, Pinus attenuata, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus radiata, Pinus torreyana, Quercus, scrub, season of fire, Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron giganteum , soils, water quality, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies concolor, arthropods, ash, backfires, burning intervals, catastrophic fires, Cervus canadensis, community ecology, computer programs, cones, crown fires, Dendroctonus ponderosae, Dendroica kirtlandii, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, fertilizers, fire control, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire resistant plants, fire sensitive plants, fire suppression, firebreaks, fishes, flammability, flowering, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel types, grasses, grasslands, grazing, ground fires, human caused fires, Idaho, insects, light burning, lightning caused fires, livestock, low intensity burns, Michigan, moisture, Montana, mortality, mosaic, national forests, national parks, natural resource legislation, nongame birds, Odocoileus hemionus, pine forests, pine, Pinus contorta, population density, post fire recovery, precipitation, predators, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, rate of spread, recreation, regeneration, roots, season of fire, Sequoiadendron giganteum , Sialia currucoides, small mammals, smoke behavior, smoke effects, Smokey Bear program, soils, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), surface fires, threatened and endangered species (animals), trees, water, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, wildlife openings, wind, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
From the text ... 'Prescribed burning is an effective tool but, because of potential hazards, should be conducted only by well-trained, experienced personnel. Each burn is affected by a unique set of stand, fuel and weather conditions and, therefore, requires careful planning.…
Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire hazard reduction, fire management, firing techniques, forest management, forest types, Georgia, pine forests, plant diseases, season of fire, smoke management
From the Objectives: ' A. To minimize ambient air quality impairment from forestry prescribed burning operations. B. To prevent smoke from being carried to or accumulating in areas sensitive to smoke. C. To recommend burning guidelines to supplement the regulations promulated by…
Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, brush, burning permits, fire management, firefighting personnel, fuel loading, fuel moisture, fuel types, grasses, hardwood forests, litter, logging, organic matter, pine forests, pollution, slash, smoke management, Virginia, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, broadcast burning, coniferous forests, education, fire management, fire suppression, firing techniques, forest products, fuel management, fuel models, Idaho, ignition, litter, Montana, mopping up, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, range management, stand characteristics, statistical analysis, Washington, wildfires, wildlife, wind
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... '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
The objective of this prescribed burning guide is to help resource managers plan and execute prescribed burns in Southern forests by: explaining the reasons for prescribed burning, emphasizing the environmental effects, explaining the importance of weather in prescribed burning…
Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: prescribed fire planning, smoke management, firing techniques, aerial ignition, aesthetics, air quality, arthropods, backing fire, competition, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire management planning, fire weather, flank fires, Florida, forage, fuel moisture, hardwoods, headfires, heat effects, humidity, insects, livestock, manuals, pine forests, plant diseases, plant growth, precipitation, runoff, season of fire, site treatments, soil nutrients, temperature, wildlife habitat management, wind
The expanding use of prescribed fire to achieve North American land management objectives has led, in recent years, to the increased use of helicopter-ignition, large-scale controlled burns. These mass-ignition convection burns often generate extremely intense and erratic fire…
Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, biomass, Canada, chemistry, convection, distribution, fire equipment, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire whirls, land management, Ontario, sampling, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke management