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The Objective of this Prescribed Burning Guide: To help resource managers plan and execute prescribed burns in Southern forests by: Explaining the reasons for prescribed burning. · Emphasizing the environmental effectsl · Explaining the importance of weather in prescribed…
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, aesthetics, air quality, arthropods, backing fires, competition, erosion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, firing techniques, flank fires, Florida, forage, fuel moisture, hardwoods, headfires, heat effects, humidity, insects, livestock, manuals, pine forests, plant diseases, plant growth, precipitation, runoff, season of fire, site treatments, smoke management, soil nutrients, soils, temperature, wildlife habitat management, wind
Fire-maintained pine barrens once covered more than 20,000 hectares in the Albany region on sand deposits associated with glacial Lake Albany. Today, urbanization and fire suppression have reduced the area to less than 1,000 hectares of pine barrens, which are dissected by…
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Social Science, Fire Ecology, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: adaptation, barrens, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest fragmentation, fuel loading, histories, ignition, lightning, New York, pine barrens, pioneer species, wildlife habitat management, wildlife refuges
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: forest management, smoke management
Wildland managers in the South use prescribed burning to reduce dangerous fuels, control understory hardwoods, combat disease, facilitate pine regeneration, and improve wildlife habitat. Burning techniques are highly developed, and prescribed burners believe they can use fire…
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather, Economics, Fuels, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: backfires, competition, education, fire hazard reduction, firing techniques, forest management, hardwoods, headfires, logging, multiple resource management, pine forests, plant diseases, public information, regeneration, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, understory vegetation, wilderness fire management, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: crowns, dead fuels, education, fire suppression, forest management, fuel management, general interest, Georgia, land management, litter, overstory, public information, smoke management, surface fires, understory vegetation