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A 1.3 hectare field containing hawthorn and alder was burned in April 1973. Post-burn analysis of 20 hawthorns and 20 alders determined the fire susceptibility of these species. Of those sampled, 80 percent of the trees less than 3 centimeters in basal diameter were killed. The…
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Economics
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: age classes, air quality, Alnus rugosa, burning intervals, cover, Crataegus, diameter classes, disturbance, escape cover, fire injuries (plants), firebreaks, fuel moisture, game birds, grasses, grazing, herbicides, invasive species, land management, mortality, New York, old fields, plant growth, post fire recovery, Scirpus, season of fire, seasonal activities, small mammals, smoke effects, Solidago, sprouting, trees, wetlands, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, woody plants
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning intervals, competition, cover type, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, everglades, fine fuels, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, Florida, grasses, grasslands, grasslike plants, human caused fires, humus, ignition, invasive species, lightning caused fires, mortality, mosaic, multiple resource management, national parks, organic soils, peat fires, pine forests, plant communities, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (chance ignition), presettlement fires, runoff, season of fire, smoke effects, soil moisture, soil organic matter, south Florida, water, wildfires
From the text ... 'In the process of carrying out proper forest management activities, certain changes and temporary disruptions to the environment are unavoidable. Our aim is to minimize the negative aspects to the environment as associated with these activities....I would like…
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, arthropods, brush, burning permits, cover type conversion, diseases, fire hazard reduction, fire protection, fire regimes, firing techniques, forest management, fuel management, fuel moisture, insects, logging, reforestation, regeneration, season of fire, site treatments, slash, smoke management, soils, topography, Washington, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
From the text...'As you all are aware, many of the legal controls placed on open burning come from state government air pollution control agencies. Therefore, I am sure you would wish to have a better understanding about the kinds of considerations and decision making which go…
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, burning permits, fire management, forest products, Georgia, pollution, salvage, smoke effects, smoke management
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: age classes, air quality, bark, biomass, char, combustion, dead fuels, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, heavy fuels, particulates, slash, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires
[from the text] To protect a wilderness from fire or not-that was the first debate I remember within the U. S. Forest Service on entering the organization in 1938. The area in question was part of the present Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in Idaho and Montana. Opponents of…
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, fire management, forest succession, subalpine fir, Washington, wilderness management, Pasayten Wilderness, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, cover, ecosystem dynamics, fire control, fire frequency, fire regimes, forest management, forest types, fuel accumulation, fuel management, grazing, habitat types, herbaceous vegetation, human caused fires, landscape ecology, lightning, montane forests, national forests, natural areas management, pollution, regeneration, sampling, subalpine forests, succession, topography, vegetation surveys, wildfires