Type
Topic
Region
Year
Displaying 76 - 100 of 421
[no description entered]
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
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Asia, ENSO, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel types, Indonesia, precipitation, smoke management, fires, policy reform, local institutions, fire research
[no description entered]
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 (p.332) ... 'Within the landscape, detailed mapping of sensitive species and remnant fragments is being used to define appropriate silvicultural and burning techniques. For remnant forest fragments with residual savanna species, silvicultural efforts include (1)…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Aristida beyrichiana, burning intervals, coastal plain, community ecology, forbs, fuel moisture, GIS, Gopherus polyphemus, grasses, habitat types, hardwoods, herbicides, land use, landscape ecology, longleaf pine, native species (plants), old fields, overstory, Pinus palustris, plant communities, population ecology, savannas, shrubs, smoke management, South Carolina, thinning, REINTRODUCTIONS OF NATIVE SPECIES
Smoke may present the most intractable barrier of all to implementing more enlightened fire management. The benefits of a prescribed fire program can only be realized if the public and regulatory agencies agree that the air quality impacts are acceptable. Currently, land…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, Great Basin, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: air quality, chemical compounds, chemistry, combustion, computer programs, duff, fire management, fuel moisture, fuel types, gases, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, moisture, North Carolina, organic soils, ozone, particulates, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, wind
Prescribed fire is an essential management tool for restoring and maintaining the resilience of fire-dependent ecosystems. Past studies indicated that the current policy environment significantly constrained decision-making around prescribed fire (USDA & USDOI 2014). This…
Person:
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: policy, barrier, fire management, air quality, fire policy, fire use, land management, land managers, policy change
From the text (p.2) ... 'Prescribed burning is an essential management tool in southern pine forests, particularly where bobwhite are the focal species....'(p.3) '...Hoever, over the last half of this century, the use of prescribed fire has declined throughout the region as…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Aimophila aestivalis, Alabama, burning permits, coastal plain, Colinus virginianus, ecosystem dynamics, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire management, Florida, forbs, forest management, game birds, Georgia, Gopherus polyphemus, grasses, grasslands, ignition, invasive species, liability, litigation, Louisiana, Mississippi, needles, nongame birds, Picoides borealis, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, population density, private lands, reptiles, roads, season of fire, Sitta pusilla, smoke management, South Carolina, Tall Timbers Research Station, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), Virginia, wildlife habitat management, wood
From the text ... 'Before lighting a prescribed fire on the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests, fire managers rely on Tom Robison to check air quality in several of the nearby small towns. Using data from a network of real-time smoke monitors, Robison helps fire managers…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, computer programs, fire management, forest management, Montana, national forests, particulates, smoke behavior, smoke management, telemetry, Washington, 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
From the text... 'The three physiographic regions of the Southeast, all have their own unique requirements for the use of prescribed fire.... Smoke from the fire, a seemingly harmless element, has become as important and as potentially dangerous as the fire itself.... Fire in…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aesthetics, Armillaria mellea, artificial regeneration, bark, coastal plain, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, firing techniques, forest management, grasses, grazing, hardwood forests, herbaceous vegetation, ignition, liability, livestock, mosaic, mowing, national forests, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus echinata, Pinus palustris, plant diseases, prescribed fires (escaped), regeneration, riparian habitats, Scirrhia acicola, wildlife habitat management
Prescribed fire was tested as a potential tool for site preparation and for reducing fire hazard after clearcut logging in dark coniferous forests in Siberia. Experimental burns were conducted on 8 sites to evaluate the practicality of fire use and effects of prescribed fires on…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, artificial regeneration, Asia, BEHAVE, boreal forests, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, clearcutting, coniferous forests, disturbance, experimental areas, experimental fires, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, flame length, forest management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, hydrocarbons, logging, low intensity burns, CH4 - methane, Pinus sylvestris, post fire recovery, rate of spread, regeneration, Russia, sampling, Siberia, slash, surface fires, wind, woody fuels
From the text (p.28) ... 'Landowners have been using fire as a land management tool for centuries. It's a great tool that produces multiple benefits, such as site preparation for reforestation, hardwood control in pine stands, wildfire hazard reduction, improved wildlife habitat…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, burning permits, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fuel loading, land management, litter, private lands, reforestation, salvage, smoke management, threatened and endangered species, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
See how prescribed fire is used in designed landscapes. Even when used in designed applications, many of our southern, fire-adapted native plants require fire to achieve their full health and vigor. Post-fire plant responses also create an interesting and valuable ecological…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Andropogon, Aristida stricta, burning permits, carnivorous plants, Chrysopsis, community ecology, Eleocharis, fire adaptations (plants), fire control, fire dependent species, fire intensity, fire management, grasses, grasslands, health factors, landscape ecology, native species (plants), North Carolina, Panicum virgatum, Pityopsis, plant ecology, public information, recreation, Sarracenia, smoke management, Sorghastrum nutans, wildlife
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
From the Introduction ... 'In a time when fire planners and forest supervisors in many parts of the United States are implementing plans to increase the number and frequency of prescribed burns, the issue of smoke impacts on air quality is becoming increasingly important. Smoke…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: air quality, deciduous forests, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest management, hardwood forests, hardwoods, pollution, population density, Quercus, roads, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management
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
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Great Basin, International
Keywords: aborigines, agriculture, air quality, Australia, backfires, Canada, chaparral, chemical compounds, coniferous forests, distribution, fire adaptations (plants), fire management, fire suppression, forage, forest management, forest products, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, human caused fires, hunting, land management, land use, lightning caused fires, mammals, National Fire Plan, national parks, Native Americans, Northern Territory of Australia, Pinus ponderosa, plant growth, presettlement fires, regeneration, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, sprouting, US Forest Service, wildfires
Red-cockaded woodpecker populations declined precipitously following European Settlement and expansion and cutting of the original pine forests across the southeastern United States. By 1990 most residual populations lacked demographic viability, existed in degraded habitat, and…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern, International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Arkansas, artificial cavities, biogeography, cavity nesting birds, cavity trees, coastal plain, cutting, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, Elaphe obsoleta, European settlement, fire dependent species, fire regimes, fragmentation, Glaucomys volans, habitat suitability, habitat types, land use, landscape ecology, litigation, logging, Louisiana, military lands, national forests, natural resource legislation, nongame birds, Oklahoma, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus echinata, population density, population ecology, predation, private lands, reptiles, Schizachyrium spp., site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), translocation, wildlife habitat management, wildlife refuges, woody plants, Interior Highlands, Picoides borealis, red-cockaded woodpecker, status, West Gulf Coastal Plain
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
[no description entered]
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
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire regimes, fire suppression, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, grasses, health factors, Healthy Forests Initiative, human caused fires, legumes, mosaic, National Fire Plan, particulates, private lands, public information, range management, smoke management, succession, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management
[no description entered]
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
[no description entered]
Person:
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
[no description entered]
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