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The wildfires that occurred in central Florida in 1998 are discussed. These fires were largely the result of lightning, although some were set by arsonists. Throughout June and early July, these wildfires torched vast areas of Florida, causing as much economic and environmental…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Economics, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire intensity, fire size, fire suppression, lightning caused fires, rate of spread, smoke effects, wildfires, air quality, health factors, insects, mopping up, pollution, precipitation, wind, central Florida, Florida, fire management, forest management, smoke management, wildfires, environmental health, disasters -- Florida
From the text...'Managers of Florida's wildlands are well aware of the contrasting effects of fire. They know this natural phenomenon has awesome destructive potential under adverse fuel and weather conditions, but they also recognize it has the unique ability to produce a wide…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Economics
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, burning permits, droughts, fire control, fire frequency, fire management, fire suppression, Florida, natural resource legislation, smoke management, web page, wilderness fire management
From the text ... 'A coalition of state and federal groups said Monday they hoped to warm Floridians to the practice of burning off the dry vegetation that wildfires feed upon. The North Florida Prescribed Fire Council unveiled a series of public service announcements that shows…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: central Florida, education, fire case histories, fire management, Florida, general interest, north Florida, public information, roads, smoke effects, smoke management, Tall Timbers Research Station, wildfires
From the text...'In addition to tremendous costs associated with suppression, wildfires have a dramatic impact on the health of our forests. California forests have become dangerous tinderboxes, filled with decaying, overstocked trees and chaparral. In its March 1996 statewide…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: age classes, air quality, burning permits, catastrophic fires, chaparral, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel management, grasslands, liability, national forests, particulates, private lands, range management, trees, watershed management, wildfires
A strategy for the protection, preservation, and restoration of national forest giant sequoia groves is being formulated using a conceptual framework for ecosystem management recently developed by Region Five of the USDA Forest Service. The framework includes physical,…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: age classes, air quality, arthropods, community ecology, diameter classes, diseases, dominance (ecology), drainage, ecosystem dynamics, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire intensity, forest management, fuel loading, hardwood forests, hydrology, insects, mosaic, national forests, old growth forests, organic soils, plant communities, population density, presettlement fires, presettlement vegetation, sedimentation, seedlings, Sequoia, size classes, snags, surface fires, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, water, watersheds, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, Yosemite National Park
From the Executive Summary... 'Purpose: National forests of the dry, interior portion of the western United States that are managed by the Department of Agriculture*s Forest Service have undergone significant changes over the last century and a half, becoming much denser, with…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Arizona, arthropods, catastrophic fires, coastal forests, Colorado, coniferous forests, crown fires, diseases, disturbance, droughts, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, fishes, flammability, floods, forest management, forest types, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, health factors, Idaho, insects, landscape ecology, light burning, logging, Montana, multiple resource management, national forests, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, pollution, population density, post fire recovery, precipitation, rangelands, recreation, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, species diversity, stand characteristics, streamflow, Texas, topography, trees, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, Utah, Washington, water, water quality, watersheds, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wind, Wyoming
From the Conclusion...'Vegetation management in Florida is critical to retain desired native ecosystems, to reduce the threat of wildfire, and to meet other management objectives. Strategies for effective management may include fire, chemical, mechanical, or grazing technologies…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning intervals, education, fire hazard reduction, fire management, Florida, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, general interest, grazing, insects, livestock, multiple resource management, native species (plants), pine forests, Pinus, plant diseases, public information, rangelands, reproduction, sandhills, scrub, season of fire, site treatments, smoke behavior, understory vegetation, wildfires
From the text...'The worst fire season in Mexican history was in 1998. Drought conditions precipitated by a strong El Niño led to unusual fire activity, including crown fires, fire whirls, and rapid spread rates. A total of 14,302 fires burned 2,099,412 acres (849,632 ha) - 3.6…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, bibliographies, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, crown fires, deforestation, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire regimes, fire suppression, fire whirls, firefighting personnel, forage, forest management, fuel loading, fungi, grasslands, grazing, Hilaria mutica, histories, human caused fires, livestock, Mexico, pine forests, Pinus durangensis, Pinus edulis, Pinus engelmannii, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus montezumae, Pinus patula, Pinus rudis, plant diseases, Quercus, regeneration, resprouting, roots, savannas, shrublands, slash and burn, smoke effects, statistical analysis, surface fires, wilderness fire management, wildfires, xeric soils
Evolving wildfire management policies are aimed at more comprehensive treatments of current wildland fire management problems. Key policies are identified that affect wildfire and fuels management. Policies are discussed in the context of institutional factors such as…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: BEHAVE, fire management, fire suppression, resource management, coordination
A team of fire scientists and resource managers convened 17-19 April 1996 in Seattle, Washington, to assess the effects of fire disturbance on ecosystems. Objectives of this workshop were to develop scientific recommendations for future fire research and management activities.…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Northwest
Keywords: disturbance, ecosystem, fire management, ecological disturbance regimes, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, fire research, analytical hierarchy process, large-scale fire, Abies amabilis, Abies magnifica, air quality, Cascade Range, climatology, coniferous forests, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management planning, fire models, fire size, fuel appraisal, fuel management, fuel models, grasslands, moisture, Montana, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus, rate of spread, sampling, shrublands, smoke management, statistical analysis, subalpine forests, Tsuga heterophylla, Washington, wildfires, Yellowstone National Park