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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: combustion, European settlement, fire management, Florida, forbs, grasses, grasslands, hardwoods, human caused fires, lightning, Native Americans, pine forests, regeneration, shrubs, smoke management, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, firing techniques, Florida, smoke management
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Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, gases, hydrocarbons, particulates
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Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, smoke behavior, smoke management, wind
Major requirements for the effective use of presecribed fire are discussed together with a review of advantages and limitations. About 1.2 million ha are annually treated with prescribed fire in the South for site preparation, wildlife habitat improvement, reduction of wildfire…
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, forest management, particulates, site treatments, smoke management, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
The history of the Clean Air Act is reviewed from 1955 to 1980. The 1980 Visibility Regulation is cited as the first federal clean air policy which specifically addresses prescribed burning. Thirty-six states containing National Parks and Wilderness areas are now required to…
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, histories, land management, logging, national parks, smoke management, wilderness areas, wildlife
From the text...'with good smoke control, field burning can even help the environment by reducing the need for pesticides.'
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, fire management, firing techniques, grasses, grasslands, Oregon, pesticides, plant diseases, seed production, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, weeds
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Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Economics
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: burning intervals, chaparral, fire management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, fuel types, grasses, Mediterranean habitats, national parks, season of fire, smoke management, wilderness fire management, xeric soils
In this paper, the impact on air quality of prescribed fire for weed control is described, and management opportunities to control air pollution are discussed.
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, air pollution, PM - particulate matter, weed control, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, fire intensity, forest management, grass fuels, grasses, hydrocarbons, live fuels, particulates, smoke management, weed control
From the text... 'The energy crisis cannot be alleviated at the expense of ecology: vet, denying problems inherent to economic development, such as those of establishing nuclear power plants, is sheer romanticism.. instead, ecologists should provide alternative solutions to the…
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics, Fire Ecology
Region(s): California, Great Basin, International
Keywords: Africa, Australia, biomass, catastrophic fires, Chile, energy, Europe, fire damage (property), fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, grazing, Greece, herbaceous vegetation, livestock, magnesium, Mediterranean habitats, mining, N - nitrogen, plantations, pollution, post fire recovery, K - potassium, South Africa, South America, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, temperature, wildfires, woody plants
Prescribed fire is a valuable tool utilized in the management of wildlife habitat, range, forestry, watershed, fuels, and fire dependent vegetation communities. Although most impacts are beneficial, some adverse impacts must be mitigated. Specificially, air quality, water qulity…
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, backfires, brush, CO2 - carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, chaparral, combustion, crown scorch, disturbance, escape cover, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, firebreaks, firing techniques, fuel management, headfires, hydrocarbons, land management, low intensity burns, mortality, multiple resource management, N - nitrogen, particulates, plant communities, plant physiology, pollution, post-fire recovery, rate of spread, riparian habitats, runoff, season of fire, sedimentation, site treatments, smoke effects, soil erosion, soil management, soil moisture, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, soils, streamflow, streams, threatened and endangered species (plants), topography, vegetation surveys, vulnerable species or communities, water, water quality, water repellent soils, watershed management, watersheds, wildlife
Impacts of felling, mulching, and burning on budgets of C, N, S, P, K, Ca, and Mg; rates of CO2 evolution from the soil; soil seed storage; and plant growth were evaluated. The felled tropical evergreen forest was 8-9 yr old, interspersed with patches of 70 yr old forest and had…
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: age classes, ash, biomass, calcium, carbon dioxide, Central America, chemistry, conservation, Costa Rica, decay, deforestation, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, evergreens, evolution, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, forest management, fungi, land management, leaching, leaves, litter, logging, magnesium, moisture, mortality, mosaic, N - nitrogen, nutrient cycling, nutrients, old growth forests, pH, phosphorus, plant growth, K - potassium, precipitation, regeneration, sampling, second growth forests, seed dormancy, seeds, site treatments, slash, slash and burn, soil leaching, soil moisture, soil organic matter, soil temperature, soils, species diversity (plants), S - sulfur, surface fuels, temperature, transpiration, trees, tropical forests, volatilization, water, wind
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Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, chemistry, elevation, gases, hydrocarbons, logging, mountains, N - nitrogen, ozone, particulates, pollution, post fire recovery, rural communities, sampling, slash, smoke behavior, smoke effects, statistical analysis, temperature, Washington, wilderness areas, wildfires, wind
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Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, chemistry, coniferous forests, diameter classes, distribution, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, forest management, fuel moisture, fuel types, gases, N - nitrogen, Oregon, ozone, particulates, population density, size classes, slash, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, Washington, wind
Logging slash on 73 clearcuts in the western larch/Douglas-fir forest of western Montana was broadcast burned over a wide range of environmental conditions. A broad array of fire intensities and effects was achieved. A severe wildfire was also evaluated and compared to the…
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: Douglas-fir, fire management, Pseudotsuga menziesii, clearcutting, larch, Larix spp., Abies lasiocarpa, Abies grandis, aesthetics, air quality, Arnica latifolia, ash, bibliographies, broadcast burning, Calamagrostis rubescens, calcium, catastrophic fires, cavity nesting birds, chemistry, Clintonia, competition, coniferous forests, decay, dominance, drought, duff, Epilobium angustifolium, erosion, Eutamias ruficaudus, fine fuels, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, forest management, fuel appraisal, fuel inventory, fuel loading, fuel moisture, ground cover, herbaceous vegetation, Larix occidentalis, light, logging, low intensity burns, magnesium, Microtus longicaudus, mineral soil, Montana, N - nitrogen, nutrient cycling, nutrients, old growth forest, organic matter, Peromyscus maniculatus, pH, phosphorus, Picea engelmannii, Pinus ponderosa, plant growth, population density, post-fire recovery, K - potassium, precipitation, raptors, rate of spread, regeneration, runoff, season of fire, sedimentation, seed dispersal, seed germination, seed production, seedlings, seeds, shrubs, slash, small mammals, smoke behavior, smoke management, sodium, soil erosion, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, soil permeability, soils, statistical analysis, succession, Thuja plicata, Vaccinium globulare, volatilization, water, water repellent soils, watershed management, watersheds, wildlife, wildlife food habits, wildlife habitat management, Xerophyllum tenax