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Smoke at Palm Beach during the 1971 Everglades wildfires

During the last 17 days of April 1971, smoke from wildfires in the Florida Everglades drifted over the east coast of southern Florida. Smoke restricted visibilities 67.9% of the time at Palm Beach International Airport, and aircraft operations were 11.9% less than for an…
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, everglades, fire case histories, fire management, fire size, Florida, particulates, pollution, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, south Florida, temperature, urban habitats, wildfires, wind

Alternatives to conflagration through the use of prescribed burning and other means

An examination of the beneficial use of fire in the southern forest, including history, current use, technique, economic considerations, legal restrictions, and outlook for continued use of prescribed burning in light of mounting pressures to eliminate sources of smoke and other…
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, education, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, forest products, fuel management, grazing, hardwood forests, histories, light, logging, Oklahoma, pine forests, Pinus palustris, public information, regeneration, site treatments, slash, wildfires

Prescribed burning - Why it is a vital forest management tool

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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, combustion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire protection, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, gases, Georgia, grasses, human caused fires, invasive species, land management, legumes, lightning caused fires, multiple resource management, particulates, pine forests, plant diseases, public information, shrubs, site treatments, smoke management, wildfires, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management

Prevention of ascocarp formation in Claviceps purpurea by fungicides applied over sclerotiaat the soil surface

'...twenty-seven systemic and nine protectant fungicides were evaluated for suppression of ascocarp formation in Claviceps purpurea. The chemicals were applied once over sclerotia from Lolium perenne at the soil surface. In one or two separate tests, complete or nearly complete…
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Economics
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, burning intervals, chemistry, Claviceps purpurea, croplands, fungi, grasslands, herbicides, Lolium perenne, Oregon, perennial plants, plant diseases, soils