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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...'Major policy initiatives and implementation of new management strategies are currently underway in both air resource and fire management. Land managers are rapidly expanding the use of fire to manage ecosystems, while air resource managers are accelerating…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire management, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel models, GIS, public information, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the text...'The number one problem facing wildlife species today is loss of habitat. Subdivisions, industrial development, agriculture, golf courses, shopping centers, etc., continue to take away valuable wildlife habitat that can't be replaced. Wildlife are continually…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, Agrostis alba, Andropogon gerardii, backing fires, Cassia, Dactylis glomerata, energy, Festuca, fine fuels, fire exclusion, firebreaks, forage, forbs, fuel management, fuel moisture, grasses, herbicides, humidity, Kentucky, legumes, Lespedeza, lightning caused fires, Medicago sativa, moisture, mowing, native species (plants), nesting, old growth forests, Panicum virgatum, Phleum, roads, savannas, season of fire, smoke management, Sorghastrum nutans, tallgrass prairies, threatened and endangered species (animals), tillage, trees, Trifolium repens, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wind
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
From the text...'In the last 30 to 40 years...changes in forest structure prompted a return to using fire, under carefully controlled conditions, to accomplish many of the same purposes that were historically provided by natural fires. Today, approximately 8 million acres are…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: backing fires, burning intervals, burning permits, competition, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, flank fires, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, general interest, headfires, ignition, liability, pine forests, smoke management, wildlife habitat management
From the text ... 'Florida banned outdoor burning Wednesday in an effort to stop the spread of wildfires as fire-fighters stirred smoldering embers with rakes and pickaxes, trying to stop flames that have charred 165,000 acres in the Everglades. Florida Agriculture Commissioner…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, Apalachicola National Forest, Cladium jamaicense, droughts, everglades, fire case histories, fire management, fire suppression, Florida, general interest, marshes, national forests, national parks, north Florida, roads, south Florida, wildfires
From the text...'Prescribed fire is needed, and applied for a variety of reasons ranging from land clearing for development, site preparation prior to tree planting, stimulation of range for cattle grazing, reduction of accumulated woody and vegetative fuels in natural areas and…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, education, Florida, general interest, grazing, public information, vulnerable species or communities
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Great Basin, Southwest, International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, air quality, Arizona, Australia, biomass, chemistry, decay, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, energy, erosion, fire adaptations (plants), fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire sensitive plants, grasslands, grazing, humidity, hunting, ignition, lightning caused fires, litter, mineral soils, minerals, nutrient cycling, overstory, perennial plants, plant communities, pollution, post fire recovery, predation, presettlement vegetation, rangelands, savannas, soils, species diversity (plants), water, wildfires, woody plants
Fire managers and safety officers concerned with smoke exposure among fire crews can use electronic carbon monoxide (CO) monitors to track and prevent overexposure to smoke. Commonly referred to as dosimeters, these lightweight instruments measure the concentration of CO in the…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, human health, smoke exposure, occupational exposure, C - carbon, CO - carbon monoxide, fire equipment, fire management, fire suppression, gases, health factors, particulates, regulations, sampling, smoke effects, statistical analysis, smoke management, wilderness areas, wildfires