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We evaluate the fine-grain age patch model of fire regimes in southern California shrublands. Proponents contend that the historical condition was characterized by frequent small to moderate size, slow-moving smoldering fires, and that this regime has been disrupted by fire…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Models, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: age classes, BEHAVE, chaparral, distribution, droughts, fine fuels, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, firebrands, flammability, Foehn winds, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel moisture, ignition, mosaic, range management, scrub, shrublands, southern California, suppression, wildfires, wind, 19th century, Baja California, chaparral, fine-grain age patch mosaic, high-intensity fires, megafires, sage scrub, Santa Ana winds
Depending on management, forests can be an important sink or source of carbon that if released as CO2 could contribute to global warming. Many forests in the western United States are being treated to reduce fuels, yet the effects of these treatments on forest carbon are not…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California
Keywords: fire suppression, forest management, Sierra Nevada, Teakettle Experimental Forest, biomass, carbon sequestration, carbon stock, global warming, fuel management, mixed-conifer forest, Abies concolor, C - carbon, combustion, Calocedrus decurrens, coniferous forests, experimental areas, fire management, fire sensitive plants, forest products, climate change, heavy fuels, litter, overstory, Pinus jeffreyi, Jeffrey pine, Pinus lambertiana, population density, Quercus kelloggii, regeneration, roots, size classes, slash, snags, stand characteristics, suppression, surface fuels, thinning, trees, understory vegetation, wildfires
The Review and Update of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (January 2001) remains sound and presents a single cohesive federal fire policy for the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture. However, some issues associated with implementation of this policy need…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management planning
Policies have been enacted to encourage carbon (C) sequestration through afforestation, reforestation, and other silvicultural practices; however, the effects of wildfires on forest C stocks are poorly understood. We present information from Sierran mixed-conifer forests…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sierra Nevada, soils, carbon sequestration, mechanical treatment, mixed conifer, Abies concolor, air quality, Arbutus menziesii, Calocedrus decurrens, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, Chrysolepis sempervirens, coniferous forests, diameter classes, duff, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, forest products, fuel management, Lithocarpus densiflorus, litter, logging, mortality, Pinus lambertiana, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas-fir, Quercus kelloggii, reforestation, soil management, surface fuels, trees, wildfires
Fire is a worldwide phenomenon that appears in the geological record soon after the appearance of terrestrial plants. Fire influences global ecosystem patterns and processes, including vegetation distribution and structure, the carbon cycle, and climate. Although humans and fire…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: fire management, fire regimes, carbon cycle, climate change, ecosystem processes, vegetation distribution, vegetation structure, aerosols, agriculture, biomass burning, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, climatology, combustion, crown fires, deforestation, ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, distribution, fine fuels, fire control, fire protection, fire resistant plants, fire size, grazing, human caused fires, ignition, invasive species, O - oxygen, plant communities, soil leaching, surface fires, vegetation surveys, volatilization, wildfires