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The resistance of redwood to fire has developed a deeply rooted apathy toward fire protection in the region of its growth. The heavy stands obscure the actual damage done by fire but its extent is great and far reaching in its effects. Already the remaining virgin areas and the…
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Year: 1931
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: Abies concolor, aesthetics, age classes, bark, broadcast burning, catastrophic fires, cutting, decay, dendrochronology, education, escape cover, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, hunting, light, logging, mortality, old growth forests, openings, plant growth, post fire recovery, Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, recreation, reproduction, season of fire, seedlings, seeds, Sequoia sempervirens, shrubs, slash, smoke effects, soil nutrients, species diversity (plants), sprouting
[from the text] Forest fires in the United States have caused an average annual loss of about 70 human lives, the destruction of trees worth at the very least $25,000,000, and the loss of stock, crops, buildings, and other improvements to the amount of many millions more. To…
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Year: 1912
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire damage, area burned, fire cause, economic impacts