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Fire is a fundamental component of the Longleaf Pine ecosystem. As land managers seek to restore the Longleaf Pine at sites throughout the South, prescribed fire will be an integral part of their plan. However, the effects of prescribed fire on air quality are a serious concern…
Person:
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, coastal plain, computer programs, drainage, Florida, Georgia, GIS, land use, liability, longleaf pine, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus palustris, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires, wind

Some ecosystems will burn; it's just a question of when! So why are we surprised when the inevitable cycle repeats itself once again in the short interval fire-adapted ecosystems of California? Our failure to balance our important and effective fire suppression programs with an…
Person:
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, biomass, chaparral, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire adaptations, fire management, fire suppression, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, wildfires

Early 1900 wildfires throughout much of the Adirondack Mountain landscape resulted in the prohibition of prescribed burns within the Adirondack and Catskill Parks boundaries and restriction of prescribed burning to only non-forested areas (i.e., grasslands) throughout the…
Person:
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: Abies spp., barrens, conservation, education, fire management, grasslands, New York, pine barrens, public information, smoke management, wildfires

In California, the percentage of wildland which is prescribed burned has been declining for many years. Fear of litigation, environmental concerns, and public perceptions seem to be the stumbling blocks. Is the reverse true: if we stop prescription burning, will we alleviate our…
Person:
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: archaeological sites, education, erosion, erosion control, fire hazard reduction, fire protection, fire suppression, liability, natural resource legislation, public information, season of fire, wilderness fire management, wildfires

Managers of designated wilderness or conservation areas, especially those that are fire-dependent, often face a major dilemma. It is essential that fire perform its natural role of rejuvenating the ecosystem. Standards of environmental regulation, stewardship responsibilities…
Person:
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, archaeological sites, Aristida stricta, burning permits, conservation, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire dependent species, fire management, fire protection, flatwoods, Georgia, hunting, lakes, liability, natural resource legislation, Okefenokee Swamp, Pinus palustris, pocosins, pollution, public information, recreation, rivers, smoke management, swamps, threatened and endangered species, water, wetlands, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife refuges

From the text...'Preservation of rare species and communities is a noble conservation goal, but it has two unfortunate drawbacks: it promotes a piecemeal approach to preservation, and it frequently results in species or communities being ignored until they become endangered. The…
Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: bibliographies, conservation, cover type conversion, drainage, education, everglades, fire management, Florida, fragmentation, grazing, habitat conversion, hammocks, herbicides, invasive species, Lake Wales Ridge, land management, liability, mowing, multiple resource management, natural areas management, scrub, smoke management, Wales, water, wetlands, wilderness areas

The public outcry about the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park and adjacent natural forests, coupled with concern among natural resource managers, convinced the Secretaries of the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to establish the Fire Management Policy Review Team in…
Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, fuel loading, fuel moisture, general interest, land management, lightning caused fires, national parks, prescribed fires (chance ignition), recreation, season of fire, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park

Sustaining the availability and quality of forest and rangeland ecosystems is a problem facing our society now and into the future. Since fire is a significant process in these ecosystems, managing fire is a part of this environmental problem. Insufficient knowledge seriously…
Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: ecosystem dynamics, fire regimes, forest management, range management, smoke management, Washington, wilderness fire management, wildfires

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Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: arthropods, fire adaptations (plants), fire exclusion, fire management, fire regimes, flammability, forest management, fuel loading, glaciers, insects, Lycaeides melissa, New York, pine barrens, Pinus rigida, plant communities, Quercus prinus, sand dunes, scrub, smoke management, vulnerable species or communities, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management

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Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Africa, air quality, Asia, CO2 - carbon dioxide, catastrophic fires, community ecology, deforestation, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire danger rating, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, general interest, climate change, Indonesia, land use, mortality, multiple resource management, Philippines, public information, South America, wilderness fire management, wildfires