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We examined if germination and seedling emergence of species from the soil seed bank of mesic grassland in South Africa differed in their response to smoke or heat treatments alone or combined. Soil seed bank samples taken from 0 to 5 cm depth of the topsoil were treated with…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: heat effects, smoke effects, biomass, forbs, grasses, mesic soils, plant growth, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, Asteraceae, Centella asiatica, Poaceae, Themeda triandra, South Africa, Africa, fire management, range management, soil management, smoke management, grasslands, biomass, fire-associated cues, growth indicators, seedling growth, Themeda triandra Forssk
The Range-Wide Conservation Plan for Longleaf Pine calls for increasing longleaf pine from 3.4 million acres to 8 million acres by 2025. This effort is supported by federal and state agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGO) in the Southeast, and dovetails with the…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, smoke management, air quality regulations, prescribed burning policies, stakeholder collaboration
The decision to use prescribed fire for the management of forests is a complex and uncertain process. The interplay of the risks and benefits from prescribed fires creates a high degree of uncertainty in outcomes that can lead to the use of various decision-heuristics, or mental…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: South Carolina, decision making, fire use
The Prescribed Fire Strategy represents a consensus among representatives of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and the private sector. It focuses on achieving the goals of the Range-wide Conservation Plan for Longleaf Pine, which…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: landowners
Post-fire effects assessments are crucial to evaluate the impact of fire on ecosystems. They are helpful in planning post-fire rehabilitation and useful for reducing uncertainties in current wildfire emission estimates. We have used MODIS/ASTER (MASTER) airborne simulator data…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California
Keywords: dNBR - differenced (or delta) Normalized Burn Ratio, burn severity, charcoal, fire severity, char, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, C - carbon, MESMA - Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis, Canyon Fire
Listen to the experiences and lessons learned from veteran fire management officers regarding prescribed fire and fire use.
Person: McCoy, Elenz, Vergari, Floyd, Dykehouse, Soper, Fay
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: burn plans, contingency plan, escaped fire, escaped prescribed fires, fire use, public information, situational awareness, objectives, lessons learned
During a wildfire burnout operation in extremely dry fuels, firefighters suddenly observe a massive rotating vertical plume. Unfortunately, the crews who watch it swirl across this ridgeline don't see the plume as an imminent threat to adjoining forces. These people will not…
Person: Keller
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Safety
Region(s): California
Keywords: entrapment, fire shelter deployment, firefighter safety, lookout, plume, situational awareness, firefighter survival, Indians Fire, rotating plume, rotating vertical plume
For several months during 2011, wildfires throughout the Southwest Area and Mexico caused air quality impacts on public health across the region, with significant impacts measured hundreds of miles away from individual wildfires. In order to address the emerging issue, a…
Person: Hall, Irwin
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Social Science
Region(s): Southwest
Keywords: air quality, BlueSky Modeling Framework, smoke impacts, smoke management, WFDSS - Wildland Fire Decision Support System, public health, smoke monitoring, community preparedness
This webinar will cover two large, multi-region studies of public perceptions of smoke from wildland and prescribed fire funded by the JFSP. A mail/internet survey conducted by the University of Idaho investigated perceptions of urban and rural residents in the northern Rocky…
Person: Toman, Olsen, Hall, Blades
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): California, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: public perception, smoke impacts, smoke management, public involvement processes, community involvement, community-based partnerships, interagency collaboration, public survey