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The challenges of the 2020 Fire Year have validated the Cohesive Strategy and proven its foundational value for additional success and achievement across boundaries and landscapes in the West. The following pages offer a snapshot of 2020 activities and successes in the Western…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy), wildfire, wildland fire
Wildfire activity in the western United States (US) has been increasing, a trend that has been correlated with changing patterns of temperature and precipitation associated with climate change. Health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke and fine particulate matter…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Safety
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: PM2.5, PM - particulate matter, climate change, NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards, wildfire, human health, emergency department visits, hospital visit, mortality, morbidity, black carbon, organic carbon
Key message: As climate change and forest management become the focus of various development agendas and the price of carbon rises in the market, the need for improving carbon sequestration and avoiding wildfires emissions increases. Prescribed burning interventions might play…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: forest management, carbon sequestration, ecosystem services, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal
Climate change and human activities have drastically altered the natural wildfire balance in the Western US and increased population health risks due to exposure to pollutants from fire smoke. Using dynamically downscaled climate model projections, we estimated additional asthma…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Safety
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: asthma, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, wildfire, healthcare, health impacts, CAM4 - Community Atmosphere Model v4
The United Nation’s launched the Decade of Ecological Restoration in response to planet-wide land degradation. This study analyses the potential for savanna fire management programs to reduce carbon emissions, restore fire regimes, and generate new revenue sources from carbon…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Planning
Region(s): International
Keywords: carbon emissions, conservation, development, ecological function, ecosystem resilience, ecosystem services, herbivores, soil carbon, natural climate solutions, Africa, fire management
In flammable landscapes around the globe, longer fire seasons with larger, more severely burnt areas are causing social and economic impacts that are unsustainable. The Australian 2019–20 fire season is emblematic of this trend, burning over 8 million ha of predominately…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, environmental chemistry, environmental impact, risk factors, Eucalyptus forest, health costs, human health, cardiovascular health, respiratory disease, asthma
Smoke from wildland fire presents a serious and growing concern. Mirroring global trends in recent decades, many areas of the US are experiencing increasing wildfire size, severity, and frequency. The health hazard of smoke from wildland fire has been well-documented (see…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: public perceptions, wildfire, managed fire, public tolerance of smoke, literature review, public health, manager perceptions, NWFSC - Northwest Fire Science Consortium
Prescribed fire can result in significant benefits to ecosystems and society. Examples include improved wildlife habitat, enhanced biodiversity, reduced threat of destructive wildfire, and enhanced ecosystem resilience. Prescribed fire can also come with costs, such as reduced…
Person: Hunter
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: wildfire regimes, cumulative effects, fire frequency, fire extent, total area burned, fire severity, resilience, treatment effects, forest carbon
The late-season extreme fire activity in Southcentral Alaska during 2019 was highly unusual and consequential. Firefighting operations had to be extended by a month in 2019 due to the extreme conditions of hot summer temperature and prolonged drought. The ongoing fires created…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Safety
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: boreal forest, wildland fire, wildfire, climate change, drought, PM2.5, PM - particulate matter, BUI - CFFDRS Buildup Index, SPEI - standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index, RCP 8.5, LENS - Large Ensemble, temperature, precipitation, air quality, public health
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: chaparral, fire equipment, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fuel appraisal, fuel management, fuel models, fuel types, logging, site treatments, smoke management
From the text: 'The Federal Clean Air Act states '...that the prevention and control of air pollution at its source is the primary responsibility of states and local governments..,' In order to fulfill this responsiility the various states and a number of local governments have…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, burning permits, fire protection, forest management, forest products, Georgia, health factors, land use, multiple resource management, natural resource legislation, pollution, rural communities, smoke management, urban habitats
From the text: 'Although management objectives differ among the Teton Wilderness, DESCON areas, and Everglades National Park, there are unifying concepte, or principles: 1. Land Management objectives set the stage regarding subsequent fire management decisions for suppression,…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, ecosystem dynamics, education, everglades, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, health factors, human caused fires, ignition, land management, lightning, lightning caused fires, national forests, national parks, public information, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness areas
From the summary ... 'Prescribed burning can be done with few adverse effects on air quality by employing recently developed smoke management techniques. Professionals who plan and direct prescribed burning activities try to avoid causing public inconvenience due to smoke.…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Alabama, Appalachian Mountains, arthropods, bibliographies, biogeography, burning permits, Carya, climax vegetation, coastal plain, competition, distribution, energy, fire hazard reduction, Florida, Fomes annosus, forest management, fuel management, Georgia, health factors, humus, insects, Kentucky, light burning, litter, livestock, Louisiana, mineral soils, Mississippi, natural resource legislation, North Carolina, Nyssa, organic matter, particulates, Piedmont, Pinus echinata, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, plant diseases, prairies, Quercus, range management, reforestation, regeneration, site treatments, sloping terrain, smoke management, South Carolina, succession, Taxodium, Tennessee, Texas, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
From the introduction ... 'In recent years, considerable research has gone into developing inventory procedures for forest residues. However, little apparent work has been done concerning what is consumed by broadcast burning this fuel. Present inventory procedures can be of…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, broadcast burning, coniferous forests, duff, fine fuels, fire management, fuel loading, fuel management, Oregon, particulates, reforestation, sampling, slash, smoke management, Tsuga, Washington
A program of field and laboratory measurements of emissions from the burning of agricultural residues (primarily cereal straw and stubble) and plume behavior is described. Relationships investigated include the dependence of total emissions and plume concentrations on fuel…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Economics
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, backfires, carbon dioxide, chemical elements, croplands, evapotranspiration, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, headfires, ignition, light, moisture, old fields, particulates, pollution, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, temperature, wind
Branches, tops and other woody material left after pruning and thinning operations can safely be burnt under the standing trees. Provided the soil and lower humus layer are thoroughly moist and the correct procedure is followed there should not be any damage to trees which have…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, biomass, brush, distribution, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, fynbos, ground cover, humus, litter, needles, pine forests, Pinus patula, season of fire, site treatments, soil moisture, South Africa, thinning, trees, weeds, wind, woody fuels
Present knowledge indicates that prescribed forest and agricultural burning can be continued with minimal adverse affects. The most serious objection to burning is the limited visibility that may persist temporarily in the vicinity of the fire. Smoke can be a severe problem near…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, browse, competition, decay, fire adaptations (plants), fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, fuel management, land management, litter, livestock, logging, pine forests, range management, site treatments, smoke management, understory vegetation, watershed management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, woody plants
The Task Force on Prescribed Burning was established in the spring of 1975 to inform and guide the Council on the appropriate use of fire in forest management. The Task Force accordingly synthesized knowledge about fire in forest ecosystems, its effects on air and water, and its…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, arthropods, ecosystem dynamics, fire hazard reduction, forbs, forest management, grasses, herbicides, insects, livestock, pesticides, Pinus palustris, plant diseases, range management, site treatments, soils, succession, understory vegetation, water, water quality, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
Twenty control burns performed with a wide range of fuel loadings and moisture conditions were used to study the effectiveness of old fuel reduction under standing Douglas-fir/larch forest. This paper reports the influence of burning on nutrient retention and loss from the soil…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: decomposition, fuel reduction, Pseudotsuga menziesii, ash, biological life concept, Montana, Douglas-fir - larch, Larix spp., nutrients, air quality, Boletus spp., browse, burning intervals, calcium, chemistry, climatology, coniferous forests, copper, dead fuels, decay, ecosystem dynamics, Epilobium angustifolium, field experimental fires, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire weather, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, ignition, iron, land use, Larix occidentalis, light burning, litter, magnesium, manganese, nutrient cycling, pH, plant growth, plant nutrients, post-fire recovery, K - potassium, precipitation, roots, season of fire, seeds, site treatments, smoke effects, sodium, soil erosion, soil leaching, soil nutrients, soil temperature, soils, plant species diversity, statistical analysis, thinning, Vaccinium membranaceum, wildlife, zinc
Wood versus fossil fuel as a source of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: a preliminary report
If the amounts of wood consumed in deforestation to increase agricultural land and as firewood in underindustrialized countries are added to the amount consumed by the money economics as forest products, the estimates of the net amount of wood removed from the biosphere in this…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Brazil, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, chemistry, clearcutting, deforestation, energy, forest management, forest products, fuel types, glaciers, habitat conversion, human caused fires, rainforests, regeneration, sedimentation, South America, tropical forests, wood, woody fuels