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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, biomass, Brazil, carbon dioxide, chemistry, elevation, gases, grasslands, humidity, ozone, pollution, precipitation, savannas, scrub, seasonal activities, smoke behavior, smoke effects, South America, statistical analysis, temperature
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Weather, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Southern
Keywords: Abies spp., air quality, arthropods, bark, catastrophic fires, climax vegetation, community ecology, conservation, crown fires, decay, dominance (ecology), ecosystem dynamics, fire adaptations (plants), fire control, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, grasses, grasslands, hardwoods, human caused fires, Idaho, ignition, insects, land management, light, lightning caused fires, litter, logging, low intensity burns, Montana, mortality, mosaic, national forests, national parks, natural resource legislation, old growth forests, organic matter, Picea, pine forests, pine, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, pioneer species, plant communities, plant diseases, plant growth, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, rate of spread, regeneration, second growth forests, Sequoiadendron giganteum , species diversity (plants), succession, surface fires, understory vegetation, wilderness areas, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, smoke behavior, smoke management
The legal aspects of prescribed forestry burning in the South fall within two major areas. These are: (1) statutory and regulatory constraints imposed by the states and local government, and (2) liability for property damage and personal injury resulting from escaping fire and…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, liability, smoke management
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, bibliographies, diseases, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, grazing, plant growth, post fire recovery, regeneration, smoke management, soils, water quality, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, burning permits, Florida, Georgia, liability, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, smoke management, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire management, smoke management, wilderness fire management
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire management, national parks, natural resource legislation, public information, smoke management, wilderness fire management
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer networks, fire suppression, smoke management, weather observations
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Brazil, ozone, remote sensing, savannas, South America, tropical forests
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: ignition, nuclear winter, smoke effects, wildfires, wildland fuels
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, duff, fuel moisture, Oregon, slash, smoke management, Washington
The Mid-Continent Division of Georgia-Pacific Corporation uses prescribed fire extensively as a cultural tool in loblolly-shortleaf pine management in the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi region. Fire is used for fuel reduction, site preparation or brush control in areas that…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern, International
Keywords: Arkansas, brush, brush fires, coastal plain, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, forest management, loblolly pine, longleaf pine, Louisiana, Mississippi, mopping up, pine, pine forests, Pinus echinata, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, reproduction, scorch, season of fire, second growth forests, shortleaf pine, smoke management
Fire Science Research Work Unit accomplishments 1980-1984 are summarized and publications listed. Current fire behavior and fire effects investigations are briefly described.
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: adaptation, aerial ignition, artificial regeneration, dead fuels, fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire management, firing techniques, flame length, Florida, forest management, fuel moisture, fuel types, Georgia, heavy fuels, loblolly pine, longleaf pine, North Carolina, organic soils, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, plant growth, plantations, research, slash pine, smoke management, spot fires, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, wildfires
Methods for transmitting weather data and uses of the data by foresters are becoming more automated. Recent work at Macon confirms the importance of atomospheric [atmospheric] stability as a determinant of forest fire behavior. Smoke management systems currently being developed…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire management, forest management, Georgia, humidity, remote sensing, roads, smoke behavior, smoke management, wildfires, wind
Article discusses burning permits, prescribed fire, land management and smoke management in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, burning permits, education, fire management, firebreaks, Florida, Georgia, land management, liability, roads, smoke management
From the text ... 'Ten years ago there was no known smoke problem in the south from prescribed burning except isolated pockets, or at least we were not aware of them. Today, the smoke problem from prescribed burning varies from being a major problem in some states to no problem…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: air quality, Alabama, Arkansas, education, fire management, Florida, forest management, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, pollution, smoke management, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, wind
The state forestry agencies in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas experience the same problems in training, program delivery and smoke management. Enforcement and coordination with federal, state and private landowners becomes increasingly important as smoke management comes under…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, burning permits, fire management, liability, Louisiana, Mississippi, private lands, smoke management, Texas
A high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for determining the concentration of trace amounts of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) in particulate matter from combustion of forest fuels was validated. Particulate matter was prepared for analysis by a small-scale (1mg),…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: combustion, laboratory fires, particulates
Natural area managers are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of prescribed fire management. Many individuals are interested in ways to advance their knowledge of how to plan and execute prescibed burns. The Nature Conservancy conducted a servey to identify training…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Southern
Keywords: air quality, education, fire control, fire management, smoke management
In 1983 the most severe fire in Victorian mountain forests for over forty years killed extensive areas of highly productive eucalypt forest, requiring a large scale timber salvage and forest rehabilitation program. The scheduling of these programs was dependent upon a rapid and…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: age classes, arthropods, artificial regeneration, ash, Australia, backfires, catastrophic fires, crown fires, crown scorch, decay, droughts, Eucalyptus regnans, fine fuels, fire control, fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire sensitive plants, fire suppression, flammability, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, fuel types, fungi, ground fires, hardwood forests, insects, litter, logging, mortality, mosaic, overstory, photography, post fire recovery, rate of spread, regeneration, remote sensing, salvage, spot fires, understory vegetation, Victoria, wildfires, wind
From the Introduction ... 'The first European colonists in the South had roots in cultures in which fire was an integral part of landscape management. They were met on their arrival by a culture, the Amerindian [American Indian], which had reshaped the landscape over several…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, Appalachian Mountains, ash, central Florida, coastal plain, community ecology, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire regimes, flatwoods, forest management, fungi, heavy fuels, microclimate, North Carolina, nutrient cycling, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus palustris, plant communities, plant diseases, post fire recovery, roots, runoff, sandhills, savannas, scrub, season of fire, smoke management, species diversity (plants), streams, water, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife management
From the text ... 'The scientific application of fire has proven to be a worthwhile, cost effective land management tool. Our challenge is to develop ways to accomplish this in the face of expanding regulations, tighter controls and reduced numbers of personnel.'
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire size, fire suppression, forest management, histories, land management, multiple resource management, national forests, national parks, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, smoke management, southern brackenfern
From the Summary ... 'It is obvious from the varying levels of use of prescribed fire in the hardwood oriented states that it is not widely considered as a necessity for a viable forest management program. It is equally clear that many people recognize that this tool is neither…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: air quality, Arkansas, education, erosion, forest management, hardwood forests, Kentucky, Oklahoma, public information, smoke management, soil erosion, Tennessee, water, water quality
Provides information on fire management policy, programs, and issues in parks, wildernesses, and other natural areas. In more than 100 papers, poster papers, and workshop summaries, both researchers and managers explore basic wilderness management philosophies, explain current…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, ignitions, policy, revegetation, wilderness fire, Native American burning, natural fire, lightning ignition, human ignition, air quality, high intensity fires