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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Australia, carbon dioxide, chemistry, fire hazard reduction, fuel accumulation, fuel types, gases, hydrocarbons, light, ozone, pollution, sampling, season of fire, statistical analysis, swamps, western Australia, wildfires, wind
Until the end of July 1977, the fires in the forested and brush-covered land of California had been fewer than expected. The summer fire season was well along, and with less than average acreage burned, protection agencies were encouraged. Then a series of events dramatically…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: chaparral, droughts, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, lightning caused fires, national forests, northern California, smoke effects, southern California, topography, wind
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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: 'Basically this paper covers the information contained in the first part of Chapter 6. 'How to Manage Smoke' of the SOUTHERN FORESTRY SMOKE MANAGEMENT GUIDEBOOK. The chapter presents a logic sequence that guides the user through a series of decisions designed to…
Person:
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, cover, fire protection, forest management, fuel types, grasses, Ilex glabra, litter, logging, needles, overstory, pine forests, Pinus, pollution, Serenoa repens, smoke management, wind
Increasing concern over air pollution in general in the United States has increased the impetus for effective management of smoke originating from prescription fires. This paper describes a new Guidebook that gives interim suggestions for smoke management under conditions…
Person:
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, coastal plain, fire protection, forbs, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, fuel types, grasses, headfires, Ilex glabra, litter, needles, overstory, particulates, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus, pollution, rate of spread, Serenoa repens, smoke management, understory vegetation, weather observations
From the text: ' Without question, the majority of the state forestry organizations have assumed a prominent role in the control of air pollution from forestry burning. On the whole, the states are facing up to the problem realistically with planned programs that demonstrate to…
Person:
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, education, fire protection, forest management, human caused fires, land management, natural resource legislation, pollution, public information, smoke management, Virginia, weather observations
From the Conclusion: 'The fire management program at Everglades National Park should continue to expand. With the recent development of a fire ecology research capability at the park, evaluation of the effects of the fire management program and the role of fire in the park is…
Person:
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Mapping, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: Alligator mississippiensis, Cladium jamaicense, coastal vegetation, droughts, European settlement, everglades, fire dependent species, fire injuries (property), fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, grasses, hardwoods, health factors, human caused fires, invasive species, Juncus roemerianus, lightning caused fires, litter, marshlands, mosaic, Muhlenbergia filipes, Mycteria americana, national parks, Native Americans, Pinus elliottii densa, prairies, precipitation, Schizachyrium rhizomatum, season of fire, seasonal activities, smoke management, soil moisture, south Florida, Spartina bakeri, statistical analysis, succession, swamps, tropical hardwood hammocks, water, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, woody plants
Timberland owners and managers of southern forests are faced with a serious fuel buildup situation. The same favorable climate that promotes some of the fastest growing trees in the nation also produces large amounts of hazardous forest fuels. Wildfires are a constant threat…
Person:
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire hazard reduction, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, particulates, pine forests, Pinus, rate of spread, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, trees, wildfires
As early as 1890, thoughtful persons had observed and pointed out that controlled fire might have a place and was possibly necessary in the silviculture of longleaf pine. Dr. Roland Harper, a botonist, proposed its use for understory hardwood control from 1911 to urge the use of…
Person:
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, artificial regeneration, forage, forest management, grazing, hardwoods, longleaf pine, pine forests, pine, Pinus palustris, seeds, site treatments, slash, slash pine, smoke management, wildlife
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…
Person:
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