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Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, charcoal, Eucalyptus haemastoma, fire management, forest management, germination, Grevillea, heat effects, New South Wales, plant growth, post fire recovery, regeneration, sclerophyll forests, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, soils, wildfires

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Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, conservation, droughts, Epacris, germination, heat, heat effects, heathlands, native species (plants), seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, Tasmania

Seasonal tropospheric distributions of ozone, carbon monoxide and aerosols and their relationship with sources over southern Africa are compared for two airborne sampling campaigns during southern hemisphere spring 1992 (SAFARI-92) and autumn 1994 (SAFARI-94). Average trace gas…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, season of fire, smoke effects, wildfires, aerosols, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, gases, ozone, South Africa, Africa, fire management, forest management, smoke management

We characterized recent historical and current vegetation composition and structure of a representative sample of subwatersheds on all ownerships within the interior Columbia River basin and portions of the Klamath and Great Basins. For each selected subwatershed, we constructed…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies grandis, Arceuthobium americanum, arthropods, bark, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, conifers, cover, cover type, cover type conversion, croplands, crown fires, diseases, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire regimes, forest management, fuel loading, herbaceous vegetation, histories, Idaho, insects, landscape ecology, light, Montana, mountains, Oregon, overstory, Pinus ponderosa, plant diseases, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rivers, shrublands, smoke management, species diversity (plants), succession, trees, Washington, watersheds, wildfires, change detection, landscape assessment, spatial patterns, reference variation, ecosystem health, forest health, fire exclusion, disturbance regimes

The results of a survey concerning National Forest System prescribed burning activity and costs from 1985 to 1995 are examined. Ninety-five of one hundred and fourteen national forests responded. Acreage burned and costs for conducting burns are reported for four types of…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Great Basin, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, arthropods, brush, burning permits, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, education, environmental impact analysis, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, game birds, grasses, grasslands, grazing, hardwood forests, ignition, insects, liability, logging, national forests, natural resource legislation, nongame birds, pine forests, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, range management, rangelands, reforestation, slash, slash and burn, smoke management, statistical analysis, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), vegetation surveys, wildfires, wildlife habitat management

Timber harvesting residues have typically been burned within coniferous forest areas of the eastern Cascade Mountains of Washington State. Concerns about air pollution and quantities of coarse woody debris have generated interest in alternative residue treatments that will clear…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: Abies grandis, Abies lasiocarpa, air quality, air temperature, broadcast burning, Cascades Range, clearcutting, coniferous forests, fire hazard reduction, forest management, logging, low intensity burns, microclimate, mountains, Pinus contorta, plant growth, pollution, Pseudotsuga, Pseudotsuga menziesii, season of fire, seedlings, site treatments, slash, soil temperature, soils, temperature, Washington

From the text (p.246) ... 'A quail hunting plantation manager must have a broad knowledge of agriculture, timber management and forestry, wildlife management, how to train hunting dogs (both pointing and retrieving), and horsemanship. They must be skilled at direction and…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, Colinus virginianus, conservation, croplands, hunting, land management, land use, logging, multiple resource management, natural resource legislation, nesting, north Florida, pine forests, plantations, population density, season of fire, seasonal activities, site treatments, smoke management, south Georgia, wetlands, wildlife, wildlife management

From the text...'Next time you have concerns about burning, remember that selective herbicides can reduce the frequency and intensity of prescribed fires. The wildlife on your land will thank you for the increased diversity of plants they need, and your neighbors will thank you…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, forest management, herbicides, season of fire, smoke management, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, wildlife

Private landowners control >90% of the U.S. South's forest land. But their future fire management methogology may not be up to them. Changing demographics and social attitudes about private land ownership and fire, along with possible well-intention federal air regulations,…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: chemistry, fire management, firing techniques, fuel accumulation, private lands, smoke management, urban habitats, fire policy, nonindustrial private forest landowners, Southern forestry

While some forest products companies have discontinued the use of prescribed burning, Westvaco Corporation's Southern Forest continues to make extensive use of prescribed fire to achieve a variety of objectives in its Ecosystem-Based Multiple Use Forest Management SystemSM.…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Economics, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, brush, ecosystem dynamics, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, forest products, fuel accumulation, game birds, Gopherus polyphemus, habits and behavior, hardwood forests, herbicides, ignition, liability, nesting, plantations, regeneration, site treatments, smoke management, South Carolina, stand characteristics, threatened and endangered species, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, silviculture, smoke management, South Carolina, vegetation management

Stand-replacing prescribed fires are recommended to regenerate stands of Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens) in the southern Appalachian Mountains because the species has serotinous cones and its seedlings require abundant sunlight and a thin forest floor. A 350-hectare…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Acer rubrum, Appalachian Mountains, backing fires, Carya, catastrophic fires, cones, coniferous forests, crown fires, Dendroctonus frontalis, duff, fire exclusion, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, Georgia, hardwood forests, human caused fires, Kalmia latifolia, lightning caused fires, litter, mesic soils, mineral soils, mountains, Nyssa sylvatica, overstory, Oxydendrum arboreum, Pinus pungens, Pinus rigida, population density, post fire recovery, Quercus prinus, regeneration, roots, Sassafras albidum, seed dispersal, seedlings, serotiny, shrubs, site treatments, smoke management, soil management, stand characteristics, trees, understory vegetation, fire intensity, Pinus pungens, southern Appalachian Mountains, Table Mountain pine

The results of a survey concerning National Forest System prescribed burning activity and costs from 1985-1995 are examined. Ninety-five (83%) of 114 National Forests responded. Number of hectares burned and costs for conducting burns are reported for 4 types of prescribed fire…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, brush, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, environmental impact analysis, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, firing techniques, forest management, fuel loading, grasses, grasslands, hardwood forests, human caused fires, national forests, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, rangelands, season of fire, slash, smoke management, snags, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), urban habitats, water quality, wildfires, ecosystem management, environmental laws, hazard reduction, management-ignited fire, national forests, prescribed natural fire

From the text...'To date, however, there has been limited documentation of field applications where smoke or charred wood have been used to increase the success of a planting. This makes it difficult to quantify the effectiveness of these methods as well as the species-specific…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California, Great Basin, International
Keywords: Africa, annual plants, Asteraceae, Australia, chaparral, charring, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fynbos, heat effects, heathlands, perennial plants, scrub, seed dormancy, seed germination, shrublands, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, South Africa, South America, Wisconsin, wood

From the text...'On April 27, 1999, approximately 7 acres in the 2360-acre Albany Pine Bush in upstate New York were selected for a prescribed burn...At approximately 2:15 PM, about 80% of the unit had burned. An easterly wind gust caused Line 2's backing/flank fire to turn into…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: backing fires, fire control, fire exclusion, fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, flank fires, Gaylussacia baccata, headfires, ignition, New York, overstory, pine barrens, pine, Pinus rigida, Quercus ilicifolia, smoke management, spot fires, wind

Within a 2-week period in 1998, wildland fires swept across 500,000 acres of Florida*s lands. Over 1,700 fires ignited, leaving behind an enormous path of destruction on federal, state, and private lands. As the smoke continues to clear, many issues arise regarding the…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Safety, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Aristida, bark, brush, catastrophic fires, Ctenium aromaticum, Dendroctonus, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire danger rating, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, Florida, fragmentation, fuel appraisal, fuel management, GIS, grasses, habits and behavior, insects, introduced species, Ixia, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, landscape ecology, mortality, national forests, overstory, pine forests, Pinus, plant diseases, post fire recovery, private lands, remote sensing, state parks, suppression, threatened and endangered species (plants), vulnerable species or communities, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires

From the Summary: The ultimate objective of the Division of Forestry*s new GIS-Based Fire Management systems is to provide quality service to the public and to minimize the harmful effects of smoke from open-burning, as well as minimize the loss of human life and property as a…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, computer networks, computer programs, droughts, duff, fire danger rating, fire management, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, GIS - geographic information system, GPS - global positioning system, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, multiple resource management, precipitation, rate of spread, remote sensing, rural communities, smoke behavior, smoke management, suppression, urban habitats, weather observations, wilderness fire management, wildfires, burn, wildland fire

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Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, cellulose, combustion, coniferous forests, conifers, extractives, fire management, human caused fires, Larix, litter, organic matter, particulates, Picea, Pinus elliottii, Pinus elliottii densa, pollution, Pseudotsuga, recreation, recreation related fires, resins, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wood, wood chemistry, wood properties

Knowledge of temporal changes in the area burned by wildfires is required to understand their influence on global climate change. This paper reviews the primary methods of reconstructing and measuring area burned. The area burned by wildfires is typically reconstructed using…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: age classes, biomass, Canada, charcoal, computer programs, dendrochronology, ecosystem dynamics, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire scar analysis, fire size, climate change, heat, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, mosaic, remote sensing, sedimentation, vegetation surveys, wildfires

The state of California recently released Title 17 "Smoke Management Guidelines for Agricultural and Prescribed Burning”. The objective of Title 17 are to provide an increased opportunity for burning, to develop a statewide smoke management network, to minimize smoke and health…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Fire Ecology, Fire Ecology
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, health factors, natural resource legislation, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management

In 1998 the Joint Fire Science Program funded a project--A Risked-Based Comparison of Potential Fuels Treatment Tradeoff Models--whose purpose is to evaluate several ecosystem management models that explicitly deal with wildfire and other disturbances. One of the topics of…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest types, fuel types, national forests, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires

The Environmental Protection Agency has reported fine particles, 2.5 microns or smaller in size (
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, forest types, health factors, national forests, smoke management, South Carolina, wildfires, wind

This presentation will summarize what is known about smoke exposures, who is likely to be affected, and what actions should be taken to advise and/or protect these people. It will contain a review of current research studies and briefly reflect on the adequacy of current ambient…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Fire Ecology, Fire Ecology
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, catastrophic fires, fire management, health factors, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires

The US Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center (MTDC) evaluated several commercially available, optical, real-time, particulate monitors to provide forest managers, fire and air quality specialists information for use of these monitors in environments…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, biomass, forest management, forest types, health factors, land management, particulates, rangelands, smoke management, US Forest Service, wildfires

Forest fuel loads are unnaturally high in the Sierra Nevada. The US Forest Service is currently preparing a prescribed fire program to reduce fuels in the region. Modeling, both short-term and long-term, direct and cumulative impacts to rural communities meets Federal mandates…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, axis, distribution, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, forest types, fuel loading, national forests, Nevada, rural communities, Sierra Nevada, smoke effects, smoke management, topography, US Forest Service

We characterized the historical, current, and future wildland fire smoke emissions on National Forests and Grasslands of the western United States. This information provided a basis for summary interpretations included in the U.S. Forest Service report "Protecting People and…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire regimes, forest types, grasslands, national forests, prescribed fires (chance ignition), rangelands, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires