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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerosols, Arizona, carbon dioxide, Colorado, convection, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire dependent species, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel management, fuel models, human caused fires, humidity, Idaho, land use, lightning caused fires, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, precipitation, succession, temperature, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind, Wyoming
Old-growth savannas and forests dominated by longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) are of great conservation and research interest. Comprehensive inventories of old-growth communities, however, are lacking for most of longleaf pine's natural range. We searched the literature,…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: age classes, Alabama, amphibians, bibliographies, biogeography, carnivorous plants, cavity nesting birds, coastal plain, Colinus virginianus, conservation, conservation easements, Cumberland Plateau, Dasypus novemcinctus, diameter classes, distribution, disturbance, duff, fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, Georgia, Gopherus polyphemus, ground cover, ground fires, histories, Imperata cylindrica, introduced species, invasive species, invertebrates, keystone species, land use, landscape ecology, light, Liqustrum sinese, logging, Longleaf Alliance, longleaf pine, Lonicera japonica, Louisiana, Lygodium, military lands, Mississippi, mountains, national forests, native species (plants), natural areas management, nongame birds, North Carolina, old growth forests, partial cutting, Picoides borealis, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus palustris, plant communities, plantations, presettlement vegetation, private lands, Red Hills, reptiles, sandhills, Sapium sebiferum, savannas, South Carolina, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), stand characteristics, state forests, surface fires, Tall Timbers Research Station, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), vegetation surveys, Virginiana, vulnerable species or communities, Wade Tract, wildfires, wildlife refuges, Wisteria
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, biomass, catastrophic fires, combustion, European settlement, fire case histories, fire control, fire equipment, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, land use, landscape ecology, national forests, national parks, private lands, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the Executive Summary ... 'Over 2,000 wildfires burned 500,000 acres of Florida real estate, most of it between May and mid July, 1998. Although virtually every county was impacted, the fires were concentrated in the northeast quadrant defined by boundaries extending north…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Aphelocoma coerulescens, catastrophic fires, Deeringothamnus rugelii, droughts, education, fire damage (property), Florida, fragmentation, fuel accumulation, fuel management, fungi, Georgia, GIS, habitat suitability, health factors, herbicides, human caused fires, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Leptographium, lightning, lightning caused fires, mortality, national forests, overstory, partial cutting, pine forests, plant diseases, plantations, public information, storms, suppression, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), wildfires, wildlife refuges, BEHAVE, PREDICTORS OF EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR, HOME PROTECTION STRATEGIES, anthropogenic factors
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Asia, fire management, firebrands, grasslands, grazing, humidity, hunting, livestock, pollution, population density, remote sensing, roads, season of fire, smoke management, Thailand, urban habitats, watershed management, watersheds, wildfires, managing smoke, fire calendar, causes of fires, fire laws, conflict resolution, Village Watershed Networks, fire management and monitonng
From the text ... 'Longleaf pine trees and wiregrass, which thrive with burning, have been planted in the 150-foot wide medians since 2003. Prescribed fires, forest experts say, help maintain scenic vistas and healthy pine forests. The prescribed burn is the first on a highway…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Aristida beyrichiana, artificial regeneration, education, fire management, Florida, forest management, general interest, grasses, grasslands, herbicides, hunting, landscape ecology, longleaf pine, mowing, north Florida, pine forests, Pinus palustris, plantations, pollution, public information, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, trees, wildfires, wildlife, FL DOT - Florida Department of Transportation, HIGHWAY MEDIANS
The Nature Conservancy, World Wide Fund for Nature and IUCN have pledged to work together and with partners to address the causes and ecological and social consequences of altered fire regimes across the world. The partners sponsored an experts workshop in May 2004 where we…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): Great Basin, International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, Asia, Australia, biomass, boreal forests, Bromus tectorum, catastrophic fires, conservation, croplands, ecosystem dynamics, energy, fire adaptations (animals), fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire sensitive plants, fire size, fire suppression, forbs, forest types, fragmentation, fuel accumulation, fuel management, Ghana, climate change, grasses, grasslands, grazing, greenhouse gases, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, habitat types, health factors, human caused fires, hunting, ignition, incendiary fires, invasive species, lightning caused fires, livestock, logging, moisture, post fire recovery, rural communities, savannas, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), temperature, thinning, tropical forests, wildfires, altered fire regimes, fire-dependent ecosystems, LANDFIRE, anthropogenic effects, PRIORITY ECOREGIONS
Federal fuels managers are increasingly using prescribed fire to decrease hazardous fuels and risks to resources in wildland and urban settings. Two factors have become apparent throughout the last several years: prescribed burning costs are rising, and costs exhibit substantial…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: broadcast burning, computer programs, coniferous forests, elevation, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, grasslands, Great Plains, land management, Oregon, season of fire, sloping terrain, statistical analysis, thinning, topography, Washington, wildfires, cost structure
The past decade has seen an increasing interest in forest management based on historical or natural disturbance dynamics. The rationale is that management that favours landscape compositions and stand structures similar to those found historically should also maintain…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: age classes, Canada, carbon dioxide, coniferous forests, distribution, disturbance, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, logging, old growth forests, Quebec, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, wildfires
From the text ... 'We saw how fire suppression efforts often did more damage than the fire itself -- as we also questioned the high costs of aggressive fire suppression.... Wven some members of the wildland fire management community found it difficult to imagine allowing…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Southwest
Keywords: archaeological sites, Arizona, catastrophic fires, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, forest management, national forests, recreation, site treatments, suppression, US Forest Service, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
From the text ... 'Early prescribed natural fire efforts were tacitly supported, limited in extent, and carried out under close scrutiny.... Wildland fire use has moved beyond the confines of remote, inaccessible areas. It is expanding across an increasing variety of land use…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, forest management, invasive species, land use, national parks, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (chance ignition), private lands, public information, smoke management, wildfires
From the text ... 'BlueSky accurately predicted a smoke event into central Washington's Wenatchee-Leavenworth area that was confirmed by verbal reports and data from particulate monitors.... Fine particulates in smoke from wildland fires can cause significant health problems for…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, BlueSky, fire danger rating, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, health factors, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, National Fire Plan, national forests, particulates, rate of spread, smoke effects, smoke management, Washington, wildfires
The South is the birthplace of statutes and ordinances that both advocate and protect the cultural heritage of woods burning, which has been practiced in this region uninterrupted for more than 10,000 years. We present a brief overview of fire use in the South and discuss why…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: community ecology, coniferous forests, conservation, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, Georgia, hardwood forests, land management, liability, natural resource legislation, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, smoke management, Smokey Bear program, Tall Timbers Research Station, wildfires, wood
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Francis Marion National Forest (FMNF) supported the second largest and only documented naturally increasing population of red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis). Prior to Hurricane Hugo hitting the FMNF in September 1989, the red-cockaded…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, age classes, artificial cavities, birds, burning intervals, cavity nesting birds, cavity trees, coastal plain, competition, distribution, disturbance, droughts, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, ground cover, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, habits and behavior, hardwoods, herbaceous vegetation, ignition, mortality, national forests, nesting, nongame birds, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, pocosins, population ecology, reproduction, salvage, season of fire, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, South Carolina, statistical analysis, storms, thinning, threatened and endangered species (animals), trees, US Forest Service, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, wind, artificial cavities, decline, Francis Marion National Forest, Hurricane Hugo, long term recovery, Picoides borealis, recovery, red-cockaded woodpecker
Eglin Air Force Base (Eglin) supports 309 active clusters, making it the fourth largest red-cockaded woodpecker population. During a 7-year period from 1994 to 2001, Eglin's red-cockaded woodpecker population increased 42%, making Eglin the fastest-growing large population of…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, barrier islands, biogeography, burning intervals, cavity nesting birds, cavity trees, chemistry, clearcutting, community ecology, conservation, deforestation, diameter classes, distribution, droughts, duff, ecosystem dynamics, education, Etheostoma okaloosae, fine fuels, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, fishes, flatwoods, Florida, forage, forbs, forest management, forest products, fuel loading, ground cover, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, hardwoods, herbaceous vegetation, herbicides, histories, human caused fires, hunting, ignition, insects, land management, lightning caused fires, logging, longleaf pine, military lands, national forests, natural areas management, nongame birds, old growth forests, overstory, photography, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, population density, population ecology, private lands, Quercus, Quercus laevis, reforestation, regeneration, riparian habitats, roads, roots, sandhills, season of fire, seedlings, soil nutrients, soils, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, suppression, threatened and endangered species (animals), translocation, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, xeric soils, adaptive management, ecosystem management, Eglin Air Force Base, military, population trend, red-cockaded woodpecker
From Cone's Folly to Brosnan Forest and beyond: protecting red-cockaded woodpeckers on private lands
Policies to conserve endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) on private lands have evolved substantially over the last decade. To succeed, such policies must be responsive to the economic and regulatory realities faced by landowners. Landowner objectives vary…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest, Southern
Keywords: cavity nesting birds, clearcutting, Colinus virginianus, conservation, Dendroctonus frontalis, fire dependent species, fire suppression, Florida, forage, forest management, game birds, Georgia, habitat conservation plan, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, habits and behavior, hardwoods, hunting, insects, land management, land use, logging, Louisiana, Mississippi, natural resource legislation, nesting, nongame birds, North Carolina, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus, private lands, Red Hills, reforestation, regeneration, safe harbor, sandhills, smoke management, South Carolina, Strix occidentalis, Tall Timbers Research Station, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), translocation, Virginia, wildlife habitat management, red-cockaded woodpecker, private lands, incentives, endangered species
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, burning permits, catastrophic fires, crown fires, education, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, health factors, landscape ecology, liability, logging, population density, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, recreation, riparian habitats, sedimentation, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, soil erosion, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), stand characteristics, statistical analysis, streamflow, thinning, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, education, environmental impact analysis, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel types, Healthy Forests Initiative, logging, national forests, overstory, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, season of fire, surface fuels, thinning, US Forest Service, wildfires
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: catastrophic fires, Colorado, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire size, fire suppression, floods, forest management, forest products, health factors, liability, logging, multiple resource management, national forests, Pinus ponderosa, post fire recovery, recreation related fires, season of fire, sedimentation, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, soil erosion, soils, statistical analysis, storms, US Forest Service, water quality, water repellent soils, watersheds, wildfires
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: burning intervals, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, forest products, fragmentation, fuel loading, fuel management, Healthy Forests Initiative, human caused fires, land use, landscape ecology, liability, prescribed fires (escaped), private lands, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, US Forest Service, vegetation surveys, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, computer programs, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel types, National Fire Plan, national forests, Oregon, season of fire, site treatments, smoke management, statistical analysis, thinning, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness fire management
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, broadcast burning, coniferous forests, fire control, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forage, forest management, forest products, grazing, livestock, logging, Native Americans, Pinus ponderosa, population density, prescribed fires (escaped), private lands, recreation, regeneration, site treatments, smoke management, thinning, Washington, wildfires
Quantitative documentation of fire behavior is important in understanding aspects of physical fire behavior. We describe the use of infrared technology to document on-the-ground fire behavior observed during the International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME) in the…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, computer programs, crown fires, fire intensity, fuel loading, fuel models, fuel types, GIS, microclimate, mortality, Northwest Territories, photography, rate of spread, remote sensing, sampling, sloping terrain, temperature, wildfires, wind, forest fire behavior, infrared, International crown Fire Modelling Experiment, Northwest Territories, observation, rate of spread, reaction intensity, temperature
Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, has a landscape fire management target to maintain or restore 50% of the long-term average fire cycle. Because the park experiences frequent lightning fires it has adopted a strategy to use both management-ignited prescribed burns and…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, International
Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, British Columbia, Canada, droughts, fire case histories, fire control, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firebreaks, fuel loading, fuel moisture, landscape ecology, lightning, lightning caused fires, mountains, national parks, Picea engelmannii, Pinus albicaulis, Pinus contorta, prescribed fires (chance ignition), rate of spread, roads, season of fire, sloping terrain, smoke management, subalpine forests, wilderness fire management, British Columbia, fire management, fire restoration, Kootenay National Park, lightning fire, national parks
From the text ... 'It is not so much that our suppression policy was flawed as it is that our fire use policy is too constricted. ...Fire protection in the WUI is not just about protecting houses--it's about protecting quality of life. ...We might argue that the extended-attack…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, Australia, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, crown fires, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, National Fire Plan, natural resource legislation, old growth forests, overstory, pine forests, Pinus palustris, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, rate of spread, smoke management, spot fires, stand characteristics, suppression, thinning, threatened and endangered species (animals), US Forest Service, understory vegetation, vulnerable species or communities, Washington, wilderness fire management, wildfires