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The economic costs of adverse health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke should be given serious consideration in determining the optimal wildfire management policy. Unfortunately, the literature in this research area is thin. In an effort to better understand the…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, diseases, fire management, health factors, mortality, particulates, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires, epidemiology studies, forest fires, health damage, non-market valuation, PM - particulate matter, literature review, non-market value, health risk, epidemiology

The emissions from delivering and burning forest treatment residue biomass in a boiler for thermal energy were compared with onsite disposal by pile-burning and using fossil fuels for the equivalent energy. Using biomass for thermal energy reduced carbon dioxide emissions on…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: carbon emissions, greenhouse gases, logging residue, bioenergy, biomass energy

Wildland fire management is commonly regarded as both an 'art' and a 'science'. In this regard, The Forestry Chronicle, the official journal of the Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada, has made a major contribution to the field of wildland fire management…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Planning
Region(s): International
Keywords: Canada, fire research, publications, wildland fire management, scientific research, The Forestry Chronicle

Disturbances such as fire, land clearing, and road building remove vegetation and can have major influences on public health through effects on air quality, aesthetics, recreational opportunities, natural resource availability, and economics. Plant recovery and succession…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aesthetics, agriculture, air quality, arid regions, Bromus rubens, C - carbon, Carnegiea gigantea, cover, desert tortoise, deserts, disturbance, dust, fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire injuries (plants), fire management, Gopherus agassizii, grasses, Joshua tree, Pennisetum, post fire recovery, range management, red brome, roads, saguaro cactus, soil erosion, species diversity (plants), succession, wildfires, wind, Yucca brevifolia, arid land, recovery, revegetation, management, resource damage, dust mitigation, diversity