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From the text ... 'The primary objective of prescribed burning on forest recreation areas in New Jersey is to reduce the probability of their destruction by wildfire. Investigation has shown that when uncontrolled fires enter treated areas they do much less damage and…
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Economics, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, cover, ecosystem dynamics, fire adaptations (plants), fire hazard reduction, fire regimes, firing techniques, forest edges, forest types, histories, hunting, litter, mast, natural resource legislation, New Jersey, overstory, pine barrens, pine hardwood forests, post fire recovery, recreation, smoke management, species diversity (plants), state forests, succession, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, watersheds, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management
Although burning was originally intended as a control measure for blind seed disease in perennial ryegrass, growers soon discovered the benefits of open field burning for other grass seed crops.
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, cropland fires, disturbance, fertilizers, field experimental fires, grass fires, grasses, Lolium, Oregon, perennial plants, plant diseases, plant growth, season of fire, seasonal activities, seed production, seedlings
'During the past year, burning treatments on the Miller Creek Block were essentially completed. Preparations for moving to Newman Ridge, on the St. Regis District, this spring are well underway. Current plans call for 16 instrumented fires on Newman Ridge during 1969 to conclude…
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Economics
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: Abies grandis, Abies lasiocarpa, air quality, coniferous forests, duff, fine fuels, fire danger rating, fire intensity, fire management, forest management, fuel loading, Idaho, logging, Montana, Pseudotsuga menziesii, roots, seedlings, slash, soil moisture, soil temperature, Tsuga heterophylla, US Forest Service, weather observations, wildlife
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: Adenostoma fasciculatum, air quality, artificial regeneration, brush, chaparral, cover, field experimental fires, fire management, forage, grasslands, habitat conversion, herbaceous vegetation, land management, livestock, mosaic, natural resource legislation, Odocoileus, population density, post fire recovery, range management, season of fire, shrubs, site treatments, soil erosion, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food habits, wildlife management
The emissions from burning the residue following grass-seed harvest were determined by means of a combined laboratory-field study. Samples of the straw and stubble residue were burned in the laboratory burning tower at the University of California at Riverside. Complete analyses…
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): California, Northwest
Keywords: grass, grass fire, laboratory fires, Oregon, PM - particulate matter, laboratory experiments, Willamette Valley, particulate emissions, agriculture, air quality, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, chemical elements, Dactylis glomerata, experimental areas, Festuca, fire management, fire weather, fuel moisture, fuel types, ground cover, hydrocarbons, Lolium multiflorum, Lolium perenne, moisture, N - nitrogen, particulates, Poa spp., pollution, sampling, season of fire, seasonal activities, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, wind
From the Summary: 'I have discussed the reaction and behavior of animals to fire, smoke and the resulting burnt ground along four general lines: (1) Avoidance response to fire and smoke; (2) Animals attracted to fire and smoke; (3) Animals relationships to blackened areas caused…
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: wildlife, Acrididae, adaptation, Africa, amphibians, arachnids, arthropods, Coleoptera, Crotalus adamanteus, Diptera, Dissosteira, field experimental fires, habits and behavior, human caused fires, Hyla, Hyla crucifera, insects, lightning, lightning caused fires, Melanoplus spp., Lepus, Lycosa rabida, Microsania, nongame birds, Odocoileus virginianus, post-fire recovery, radiation, reptiles, Sigmodon hispidus, Rhodesia, small mammals, South Africa, Sylvilagus floridanus , wildlife food habits, Sylvilagus palustris