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This publication provides guidelines for planning and managing smoke from prescribed fires to: Minimize ambient air quality impairment. Prevent smoke from being carried to, or accumulating in, areas sensitive to smoke. Recommend burning guidelines to supplement the regulations …
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southern
Keywords:

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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Southern, International
Keywords: air quality, Alabama, Beadel, H.L., boreal forests, browse, catastrophic fires, coastal plain, Colinus virginianus, community ecology, competition, coniferous forests, conifers, crown fires, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, ecotones, European settlement, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire resistant plants, fire suppression, flammability, Florida, forbs, fuel accumulation, fuel types, game birds, grazing, ground cover, habitat types, hardwoods, herbivory, humidity, Komarek, E.V., Sr., land management, Leopold, Aldo, lightning caused fires, Meleagris gallopavo, mosaic, multiple resource management, nitrogen fixation, North Carolina, nutrient cycling, Odocoileus virginianus, organic matter, particulates, pesticides, pine forests, pine, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus rigida, plant communities, plant nutrients, pocosins, pollution, post fire recovery, prehistoric fires, prescribed fires (chance ignition), presettlement fires, recreation, regeneration, reproduction, savannas, scrub, shrublands, shrubs, site treatments, soil erosion, South Carolina, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), Stoddard, H.L., swamps, Tall Timbers Research Station, threatened and endangered species (plants), wetlands, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife management, wildlife openings, xeric soils, Yellowstone National Park

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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Social Science, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, fire management, forest management, national forests, national parks, post fire recovery, public information, regeneration, wildfires, Yellowstone National Park

From introduction: The Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) fires of 1988 were, in the words of National Park Service (NPS) publications, the most significant ecological event in the history of the national parks (NPS 1988). Their political consequences may be as far-reaching as their…
Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, bibliographies, catastrophic fires, community ecology, conservation, dendrochronology, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, European settlement, fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, grasslands, human caused fires, Idaho, land management, Leopold, Aldo, lightning caused fires, mammals, Montana, mortality, mosaic, mountains, national forests, national parks, Native Americans, natural areas management, old growth forests, plant communities, post fire recovery, predation, prehistoric fires, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, season of fire, small mammals, smoke effects, soil erosion, species diversity (animals), state forests, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife management, wildlife refuges, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park

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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air temperature, computer programs, fire suppression, Florida, humidity, precipitation, smoke management, weather observations, wind

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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies concolor, arthropods, ash, backfires, burning intervals, catastrophic fires, Cervus canadensis, community ecology, computer programs, cones, crown fires, Dendroctonus ponderosae, Dendroica kirtlandii, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, fertilizers, fire control, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire resistant plants, fire sensitive plants, fire suppression, firebreaks, fishes, flammability, flowering, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel types, grasses, grasslands, grazing, ground fires, human caused fires, Idaho, insects, light burning, lightning caused fires, livestock, low intensity burns, Michigan, moisture, Montana, mortality, mosaic, national forests, national parks, natural resource legislation, nongame birds, Odocoileus hemionus, pine forests, pine, Pinus contorta, population density, post fire recovery, precipitation, predators, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, rate of spread, recreation, regeneration, roots, season of fire, Sequoiadendron giganteum , Sialia currucoides, small mammals, smoke behavior, smoke effects, Smokey Bear program, soils, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), surface fires, threatened and endangered species (animals), trees, water, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, wildlife openings, wind, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park

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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, computer programs, land management, particulates, smoke management

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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, humidity, North Carolina, peat fires, pocosins, smoke management, weather observations, wetlands, wind

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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Alces alces, Bison bison, catastrophic fires, Cervus canadensis, cover, Felis concolor, forage, general interest, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, mammals, mortality, national parks, nongame birds, Odocoileus, Ovis canadensis, Pandion halioetus, Picoides arcticus, predation, raptors, small mammals, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, wildlife, wildlife food habits, wildlife food plants, Yellowstone National Park

From the text ... 'Prescribed burning is an effective tool but, because of potential hazards, should be conducted only by well-trained, experienced personnel. Each burn is affected by a unique set of stand, fuel and weather conditions and, therefore, requires careful planning.…
Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire hazard reduction, fire management, firing techniques, forest management, forest types, Georgia, pine forests, plant diseases, season of fire, smoke management

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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: air quality, birds, bottomland hardwoods, coastal plain, environmental impact statements, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, hardwoods, mammals, particulates, Piedmont, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus echinata, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, season of fire, sedimentation, site treatments, small mammals, soil erosion, soil nutrients, soils, tallgrass prairies, water quality, wildfires, wildlife habitat management

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Person:
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, chemistry, fire management, fire suppression, fuel types, gases, particulates, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires, wood, wood chemistry

From the text ... 'Forest rangers and residents are trying to promote the benefits of using more prescribed burns to control wildfires throughout the state.... Every landowner wants to do more controlled burns, but they have tied our hands with regulations.'
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: coniferous forests, droughts, fire control, fire injuries (animals), fire management, fire suppression (aerial), forest management, lightning caused fires, north Florida, prescribed fires (escaped), St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, wildfires

From the text...'The wildfires of 1998 brought another harsh reminder to the people of Florida of the power of natural hazards to destroy property, threaten safety, and cause untold human hardship. Overall, after the firestorm was finally extinguished, the event had caused one…
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Economics, Monitoring and Inventory, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, Chile, coastal forests, education, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, fuel appraisal, fuel inventory, fuel management, histories, land management, logging, natural resource legislation, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, post fire recovery, public information, scrub, shrublands, smoke management, statistical analysis, tropical forests, US Forest Service, wildfires

From the text...'FOFEM 4.0-A First Order Fire Effects Model-is a computer program developed to meet the needs of resource managers, planners, and analysts in predicting and planning for fire effects. Quantitative predictions of fire effects are needed for planning prescribed…
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer programs, fuel moisture, logging, mortality, post fire recovery, smoke management, wildfires

From the text...'In the past month and a half 2,214 wildfires (ninety percent of which were started by lightning) have consumed 497,209 acres in Florida. More than forty-five thousand people were evacuated from areas that lay in the path of these fires. Five hundred million…
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Social Science, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, education, fire case histories, fire management, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, general interest, lightning, lightning caused fires, precipitation, public information, wildfires

Poster abstract...A First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) was developed to predict the direct consequences of prescribed fire and wildfire. FOFEM was designed for application to most areas of the United States. First order fire effects are the immediate or direct results of a…
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer programs, cover, cover type, duff, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire management, fuel models, land management, mineral soils, mortality, Oregon, smoke effects, Washington, wildfires, wildlife, woody fuels

From the text...'Conditions contributing to Florida's firestorms are similar to problems plaguing Montana forests. Scenes of devastation underscore the need to better manage forests.'
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Southern
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, education, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, Montana, public information, smoke effects, wildfires

From the text...'If you are not using a Public Information Officer on your prescribed burn projects, you should consider doing so. A PIO will provide a valuable service. As you scramble to get the needed resources, equipment and weather data, they can concentrate on informing…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, education, fire management, pH, public information

Smoke from forest fires in southern Mexico was advected into the U.S. southern plains from April to June 1998. Cloud-to-ground lightning (CG) flash data from the National Lightning Detection Network matched against satellite-mapped aerosol plumes imply that thunderstorms forming…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Great Basin, Southern, International
Keywords: air quality, droughts, fire danger rating, fire management, lightning, lightning effects, Mexico, smoke effects, smoke management, storms, Texas

In the United States, prescribed burning of wildlands is practiced on over 2 million hectares of land each year. Based on our survey conducted in 1989, approximately 70, 20, and 10% of this burning occurs in the Southeast, Pacific Northwest, and Rocky Mountain regions,…
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, chemical elements, dead fuels, duff, ecosystem dynamics, forest management, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, litter, live fuels, particulates, Pinus elliottii, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke managementtoxicity, wildlife habitat management

For the first 35 years of the Florida State Park System, fire was vigorously suppressed on state park lands. During that time, hardwoods encroached into pinelands and grasslands, and fuel loads reached dangerously high levels. During 1970, Tall Timbers Research Station Director…
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Aristida, cover type conversion, education, evolution, fire danger rating, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire management, fire suppression, firing techniques, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, fuel loading, grasslands, habitat conversion, hardwoods, human caused fires, hydrology, invasive species, Komarek, E.V., Sr., land management, landscape ecology, liability, lightning, natural resource legislation, north Florida, pine forests, pine, Pinus palustris, plant communities, public information, range management, Sapium sebiferum, season of fire, smoke management, south Florida, state forests, state parks, Sus scrofa, Tall Timbers Research Station, wetlands, wildfires

This paper describes fire characteristics and the immediate effects of a prescribed, high-intensity burn on a 12.2 hectare portion of a stand of Ocala sand pine scrub. The fire team on the Seminole District, Ocala National Forest used the BEHAVE fire model to predict the…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Andropogon, backfires, catastrophic fires, Cladonia, crown fires, crowns, evergreens, fire intensity, fire management, firebreaks, Florida, fuel loading, fuel moisture, Galactia, headfires, humidity, lichens, light, litter, Lyonia ferruginea, mineral soils, moisture, national forests, needles, Ocala National Forest, overstory, Pinus clausa, Quercus chapmanii, Quercus geminata, Quercus laevis, Quercus myrtifolia, Rhynchospora megalocarpa, Sabal etonia, scrub, Serenoa repens, smoke management, snags, temperature, trees, understory vegetation, wind

The noble and heroic 'paradigm' in wildland fire protection is the firefighter who protects forest and other wildlands from attack by fire. The driptorch-lugging prescribed burner carries few of the heroic trappings of suppression personnel. In this paper, we describe the…
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, Chapman, H.H., coniferous forests, droughts, education, evolution, fire case histories, fire protection, fire suppression, Florida, histories, national forests, Oregon, public information, smoke effects, Stoddard, H.L., trapping, wilderness fire management, wildlife refuges

Florida's natural communities evolved under the influence of frequent, low-intensity lightning fires. Many communities require such fires for continued existence. Fire managers must contend with the increasing pressure of a burgeoning population. The state's population increases…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: central Florida, education, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire management, Florida, land management, lightning, low intensity burns, north Florida, public information, smoke effects, smoke management, south Florida, wildfires