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Visibility and smoke management in Class I areas

Goals and objectives outlined in the Clean Air Act of 1977 are in conflict with land management practices that utilize control or prescribed burns to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Specifically, smoke emissions from burn areas can significantly and adversely affect the visual air…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, land management, landscape ecology, national parks, natural areas management, natural resource legislation, pollution, K - potassium, smoke effects, smoke management, wilderness fire management

Nutrient losses to the atmosphere during slashburns in southwestern British Columbia

'Two studies were undertaken. An initial study in 1974 produced results that indicated significant losses of nitrogen and some other elements. The study was repeated 1981 as a check on the results of the 1974 burn, and to provide an assessment of the methods used in the first…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Acer macrophyllum, air quality, Alnus rubra, Betula papyrifera, biomass, British Columbia, calcium, Canada, chemical elements, clearcutting, combustion, ecosystem dynamics, forest management, fuel management, laboratory fires, magnesium, N - nitrogen, nutrient cycling, particulates, phosphorus, pine hardwood forests, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus radiata, Populus trichocarpa, K - potassium, Pseudotsuga menziesii, sampling, slash, soils, Thuja plicata, Tsuga heterophylla

Canopy dieback and dynamic processes in Pacific forests: introductory statement; concluding synthesis

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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models
Region(s): Hawaii, International
Keywords: age classes, air quality, arthropods, bibliographies, biogeography, community ecology, distribution, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, eucalyptus, foliage, forest types, fungi, insects, Metrosideros polymorpha, mortality, national parks, New Zealand, N - nitrogen, Nothofagus, overstory, Papua New Guinea, plant communities, plant diseases, plant growth, plant physiology, population ecology, rainforests, regeneration, size classes, small mammals, soil nutrients, species diversity (plants), storms, succession, volcanoes