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From the text...'Prescribed Burning Act of 1990 ... A blue-ribbon committee translated these prescribed burning concerns into proposed legislation that was introduced into the 1990 legislative session. Representative Frances L. "Chance” Irvine and Senator Karen Thurman led the…
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Safety
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, burning intervals, competition, conservation, ecosystem dynamics, education, European settlement, fire dependent species, fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire management, fire protection, fire size, Florida, France, fuel management, grazing, herbaceous vegetation, land management, landscape ecology, liability, livestock, Native Americans, natural resource legislation, nutrient cycling, pollution, prehistoric fires, public information, range management, reforestation, smoke management, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), state forests, state parks, statistical analysis, Stoddard, H.L., Tall Timbers Research Station, wilderness areas, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wildlife management

Impacts of felling, mulching, and burning on budgets of C, N, S, P, K, Ca, and Mg; rates of CO2 evolution from the soil; soil seed storage; and plant growth were evaluated. The felled tropical evergreen forest was 8-9 yr old, interspersed with patches of 70 yr old forest and had…
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: age classes, ash, biomass, calcium, carbon dioxide, Central America, chemistry, conservation, Costa Rica, decay, deforestation, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, evergreens, evolution, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, forest management, fungi, land management, leaching, leaves, litter, logging, magnesium, moisture, mortality, mosaic, N - nitrogen, nutrient cycling, nutrients, old growth forests, pH, phosphorus, plant growth, K - potassium, precipitation, regeneration, sampling, second growth forests, seed dormancy, seeds, site treatments, slash, slash and burn, soil leaching, soil moisture, soil organic matter, soil temperature, soils, species diversity (plants), S - sulfur, surface fuels, temperature, transpiration, trees, tropical forests, volatilization, water, wind