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From the Conclusion: 'This analysis has presented a methodology for calculating values-at-risk, arguing that a market approach to assessing value is the most objective approach. Some resources are classified as 'intangible,' thus precluding a market-derived evaluation. These…
Person:
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, fire protection, forage, forest management, grazing, histories, hunting, logging, multiple resource management, rangelands, recreation, water, watersheds, wildlife
From the text ' Under specific circumstances it has been shown that prescribed burning can be used: (1) to reduce fuel accumulation from logging and slashing and the hazard of accidental fire; (2) to prepare seedbeds and reduce competition for tree regeneration; (3) to improve…
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Great Basin, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, competition, diseases, education, fire adaptations (animals), fire adaptations (plants), fire management, firing techniques, fishes, forage, fuel accumulation, grazing, livestock, logging, Montana, multiple resource management, public information, recreation, regeneration, slash, smoke management, soils, succession, wildfires, wildlife
The advantages of using prescribed fire to fulfill certain land management objectives in the southern United States are well known. Fire is often the most economical tool available for preparing planting sites, improving forage conditions on ranges, improving wildlife habitat,…
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forage, forest management, land management, liability, pollution, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke effects, surface fires, surface fuels, trees, US Forest Service, weather observations, wilderness areas, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
Costs and effectiveness of fire control, need for hazard reduction, slash disposal policy, history of slash burning, opportunities for prescribed burning, as well as fire effects, costs and benefits are described breifly. Most attention is given to the Vancouver Forest District…
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: British Columbia, Canada, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, histories, Pseudotsuga menziesii, slash, smoke effects, Tall Timbers Research Station, US Forest Service
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Person:
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, brush, Cascades Range, chemical compounds, chemistry, duff, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel moisture, litter, multiple resource management, Oregon, particulates, pollution, site treatments, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, Washington, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, forest management, gases, logging, national forests, national parks, Oregon, particulates, pollution, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, Washington, wilderness areas, wood
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Person:
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Economics
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, grasses, light burning, Oregon, smoke effects, smoke management, surface fires, topography, wind