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Wildfire smoke presents a growing threat in the Western U.S.; and human health, transportation, and economic systems in growing western communities suffer due to increasingly severe and widespread fires. While modelling wildfire activity and associated wildfire smoke…
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Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Social Science
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: public survey, public health, public response, questionnaire, online survey
Our project examines the association between percent African American and smoke pollution in the form of prescribed burn-sourced, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the U.S. state of Georgia for 2018. (1) Background: African Americans constitute 32.4% of Georgia’s population,…
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Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: African American, smoke exposure, air quality, public health, environmental justice, social vulnerability, Georgia
Climate change may increase the occurrence and severity of forest fires, leading to worsening wildfire seasons. More frequent burn events would have various effects due to increased haze and smoke, including a greater incidence of impacts on human health and reduced or impaired…
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Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Social Science
Region(s): International
Keywords: British Columbia, Canada, nonmarket valuation, health, air quality, latent class model, heterogeneity, climate change, fire severity, WTP - willingness to pay
Data from three separate but related surveys address the linkages between recreation and public perception of attitudes toward fire management. Recreation ranks high among alternative forest resource uses and is a serious concern vis-a-vis fire effects. Public acceptance of new…
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, catastrophic fires, education, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, grazing, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, livestock, low intensity burns, multiple resource management, national forests, natural resource legislation, pollution, public information, recreation, runoff, soil erosion, trees, wildlife food plants
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, biomass, burning intervals, burning permits, C - carbon, CO - carbon monoxide, clearcutting, computer programs, conifers, decay, diameter classes, duff, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire regimes, firing techniques, forest management, fuel appraisal, fuel inventory, fuel models, fuel moisture, fuel types, gases, hardwoods, herbicides, humus, ignition, logging, moisture, multiple resource management, national forests, Oregon, organic soils, particulates, pine, post fire recovery, precipitation, Pseudotsuga menziesii, season of fire, slash, slash and burn, smoke management, statistical analysis, Tsuga heterophylla, Washington, woody fuels