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An inventory of particulate matter and air toxic emissions from prescribed fires in the USA for 1989
This report documents a prescribed fire emissions inventory developed using consistent methodology for each of the 50 states of the USA for calendar year 1989. Emissions of particulate matter, selected toxic compounds, and a few other carbon-containing compounds are estimated.…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: emissions inventory, particulate matter, fuel complexes, toxic compounds, emission factors
The Objective of this Prescribed Burning Guide: To help resource managers plan and execute prescribed burns in Southern forests by: Explaining the reasons for prescribed burning. · Emphasizing the environmental effectsl · Explaining the importance of weather in prescribed…
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, aesthetics, air quality, arthropods, backing fires, competition, erosion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, firing techniques, flank fires, Florida, forage, fuel moisture, hardwoods, headfires, heat effects, humidity, insects, livestock, manuals, pine forests, plant diseases, plant growth, precipitation, runoff, season of fire, site treatments, smoke management, soil nutrients, soils, temperature, wildlife habitat management, wind
From the text...'Big gaps still exist in the understanding of fire ecology, especially the seasonal aspects. Fire can have profoundly different effects on soil, plants and animals depending on when it occurs. Oftentimes the most ecological gain comes from burning during the…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: backfires, catastrophic fires, cones, coniferous forests, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire adaptations (plants), fire equipment, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, firing techniques, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, general interest, grasslands, headfires, invasive species, land management, liability, mopping up, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, public information, Sequoiadendron giganteum , smoke effects, surface fires, Tall Timbers Research Station, tallgrass prairies, topography, vegetation surveys
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, flowering, fynbos, roots, smoke effects, South Africa
We develop a simple analytical model to estimate the thickness of a smoke layer formed by a plume of a large area fire and to account for crosswinds. We take advantage of the dominant flow features in the upper part of the rising plume and in the smoke layer far from the plume…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, decay, dust, humidity, nuclear winter, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, temperature, wind
From the text ... 'The future role of prescribed fire in management of park and wilderness lands is not as clear to me as the role of natural fire. Its value, at least in certain instances, has been clearly demonstrated. As a tool, even in these cases, it has not been recognized…
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Fire Ecology
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, birds, coniferous forests, fire adaptations, fire control, fire management, forest management, forest types, habitat types, lightning, mountains, national parks, natural areas management, nesting, public information, recreation, season of fire, Sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum , succession, trees, wildfires, wildlife
From the Summary ... 'Control burning activities within Everglades National Park have expanded notably within the last year and a half. Prior to that time such activities were confined strictly to the pinelands habitat of the Park. The control burn program is now being broadened…
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, brush, Casuarina equisetifolia, Conocarpus erectus, everglades, experimental fires, field experimental fires, fire adaptations, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, Florida, forbs, forest types, grasses, habitat types, hardwood hammocks, hardwoods, herbaceous vegetation, hydrology, introduced species, invasive species, Laguncularia racemosa, landscape ecology, marshes, national parks, natural areas management, Panicum, peatlands, pine, Pinus elliottii densa, pollution, post fire recovery, prairies, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, Rhizophora mangle, roads, sampling, season of fire, shrubs, soils, south Florida, Spartina, Sporobolus, succession, succulents, swamps, wetlands, wind, woody plants
From the text ... '[A]ttempts to suppress all natural and man caused fires in the sequoia-mixed conifer forest during the past half century or more have resulted in the accumulation of extreme quantitites of dead and living fuels. This buildup has resulted in what has been…
Person:
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather, Economics, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: Abies concolor, age classes, air quality, anthropology, Arctostaphylos patula, bark, Ceanothus, chaparral, coniferous forests, cover, crown fires, duff, ecosystem dynamics, experimental fires, field experimental fires, fire adaptations, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire resistant plants, fire suppression, firing techniques, forbs, forest management, forest types, fuel accumulation, fuel management, grasses, grasslike plants, habitat types, heat, heavy fuels, herbaceous vegetation, Libocedrus decurrens, litter, livestock, logging, montane forests, mountains, national parks, Native Americans, natural areas management, organic matter, overstory, Pinus lambertiana, Pinus ponderosa, population density, post fire recovery, Quercus kelloggii, recreation, Ribes roezlii, sampling, season of fire, seedlings, seeds, Sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum , shrubs, soils, succession, temperature, trees, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, wildfires
From the text ... 'The ponderosa pine-grassland is characterized by the occurrence and distribution of ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa. It is widely spread covering some 36 million acres from the Fraser River Basin in British Columbia to Durango, Mexico, and from Nebraska to the…
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies concolor, aesthetics, air quality, Andropogon scoparius, Arizona, British Columbia, Calamagrostis rubescens, Canada, Chamaebatia foliolosa, coniferous forests, distribution, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, ecotones, Elymus, European settlement, fire adaptations (plants), fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire resistant plants, fire scar analysis, fire suppression, flammability, forage, forest management, forest types, fuel management, gases, grasses, grasslands, grazing, habitat types, herbaceous vegetation, landscape ecology, livestock, Mexico, Montana, montane forests, Muhlenbergia, multiple resource management, national parks, Native Americans, Nebraska, needles, openings, pine, Pinus ponderosa, pollution, presettlement fires, presettlement vegetation, public information, Purshia tridentata, recreation, regeneration, reproduction, South Dakota, succession, surface fires, understory vegetation, water, wildlife
From the text...'The new Mississippi statute on prescribed burning activities is welcome by the forestry community. The act recognizes prescribed burning as an important property right and land management tool that greatly benefits society, the environment and the economy of the…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, land management, liability, Mississippi, natural resource legislation, pine forests, private lands, regeneration, site treatments
An average of 350 fire weather special Forecast Requests are prepared each year by the fire weather forecasters in the National Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO) in Denver. Up to 650 of these spot forecasts may be prepared during a severe fire season. Spot forecasts are…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: Colorado, fire danger rating, fire management, fuel moisture, humidity, ignition, precipitation, smoke management, temperature, wildfires, wind
Mechanized full-tree logging is the preferred harvesting system in Northeastern Ontario. These operations typically involve roadside delimbing, producing large quantities of slash at roadsides and landings. Slash pile burning involves gathering the slash into concentrated areas…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: artificial regeneration, biomass, Canada, combustion, duff, fine fuels, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire suppression, firing techniques, flammability, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel arrangement, fuel management, fuel moisture, grasses, herbaceous vegetation, hunting, ignition, lightning caused fires, logging, Ontario, rate of spread, recreation, regeneration, season of fire, seeds, shrubs, site treatments, slash, smoke management, wildfires, wind
Periodic fires are a natural phenomenon in fynbos, which is the dominant vegetation type in the Cape floristic region. Fire-stimulated germination has been reported for a number of fynbos species. The promotion of seed germination in the fynbos fire ephemeral, Syncarpha vestita…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: Adenostoma fasciculatum, Africa, Asteraceae, chaparral, charring, experimental fires, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fynbos, germination, grasses, leaves, lightning caused fires, Passerina vulgaris, sclerophyll vegetation, season of fire, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, serotiny, smoke effects, soils, South Africa, statistical analysis, succession, Syncarpha vestita, Themeda triandra, wood, woody plants
Discarded automobile tires have become a concern to the general public, largely because the growing number of stockpile fires has focused attention on the potentially harmful combustion products as well as products of incomplete combustion (PICs) emitted into the atmosphere from…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, ash, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, combustion, field experimental fires, fire suppression, foam, gases, hydrocarbons, incendiary fires, organic matter, particulates, pollution, SO2 - sulfur dioxide, Virginia, zinc
Traditionally, in the Southwest, ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) red slash has not been treated with fire to meet resource objectives until all slash has fully cured, usually a 2-to-4-year wait. Waiting for slash to cure is still the widespread practice on most forests in the…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: crown scorch, duff, fine fuels, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel models, fuel moisture, heavy fuels, logging, mopping up, multiple resource management, national forests, New Mexico, Pinus ponderosa, precipitation, resprouting, site treatments, slash, smoke management
Lantana montevidensis Briq. is an endemic species of the brazilian <> (savannah) that usually flowers abundantly after burning of the vegetation. Several possible effects of fire on the induction of flowering in this species were tested with no significant result. It seems…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, ash, Brazil, burning intervals, chemistry, cutting, fire adaptations (plants), fire frequency, flowering, gases, herbicides, Imperata brasiliensis, laboratory fires, Lantana, light, nutrients, pH, reproduction, savannas, soil moisture, soil nutrients, South America, temperature
In A. capitata the protracted juvenile phase, the longevity of plants and their effective vegetative fire regeneration, are all possibly adaptively linked to poor sexual reproduction. After a fire-free period of more than ten years, averages of only 4.7 and 0.4 seedlings per…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, arthropods, Audouinia capitata, distribution, field experimental fires, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire regimes, flowering, fuel loading, fynbos, germination, insects, mortality, plant growth, post fire recovery, regeneration, reproduction, resprouting, roots, season of fire, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, senescence, smoke effects, soil moisture, soil temperature, South Africa, sprouting, wildfires
Germination responses of species from native plant communities of southwestern Western Australia can be related to syndromes of life history, fire response, and seed storage, and also to factors related to environmental stress. The Mediterranean-type climate of the region with…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): California, International
Keywords: Acacia spp., Africa, annual plants, Australia, Banksia, bibliographies, Bossiaea, chaparral, charring, Chorizema, Daviesia, droughts, eucalyptus, fire adaptations (plants), fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire intensity, flowering, fruits, fungi, fynbos, Gastrolobium, germination, heat, heat effects, histories, legumes, Mediterranean habitats, mortality, mycorrhiza, perennial plants, plant communities, plant ecology, plant growth, pollination, post fire recovery, reproduction, resprouting, sclerophyll forests, seed dormancy, seed germination, seed production, seedlings, seeds, serotiny, shrubs, smoke effects, soil nutrients, South Africa, southern Australia, sprouting, statistical analysis, temperature, western Australia, wood
To burn or not to burn? That is the question--or is it? If we have forests, we'll have fuels. If we do not control the buildup of fuels one way or the other, we'll have fires and many of them will be bad. We'll have them as a result of either man's action or nature's lightning.…
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, coastal plain, combustion, crown scorch, disturbance, environmental impact analysis, fire control, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel types, gases, hardwoods, hydrocarbons, light burning, lightning, low intensity burns, mortality, multiple resource management, national forests, particulates, pine forests, plant growth, pollution, sedimentation, seedlings, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke effects, South Carolina, sprouting, understory vegetation, wildfires
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, backfires, crown fires, fire case histories, fire control, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, firebreaks, flank fires, forage, forest edges, ground fires, headfires, humus, invasive species, land management, landscape ecology, mineral soils, mortality, multiple resource management, pine forests, Pinus taeda, rate of spread, runoff, seedlings, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, soil management, spot fires, statistical analysis, surface fires, surface fuels, water, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer programs, cutting, fire management, fuel accumulation, fuel arrangement, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel models, logging, particulates, site treatments, smoke management, statistical analysis
The Ericaceae-Ericoideae is one of the three major families defining typical fynbos, the characteristic vegetation type of the Cape Floristic Region. Periodic fires with a frequency of 5 to 40 years are a natural phenomenon in fynbos vegetation. Fire-stimulated seed germination…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Asteraceae, Erica, Ericaceae, fire management, fynbos, germination, heat, Restionaceae, seed germination, shrubs, smoke effects, South Africa, temperature
Torreya taxifolia, torreya, is a narrowly restricted endemic conifer confined to mesic ravines along the east shore of the Apalachicola River in the panhandle of Florida During the 1950's, torreya suffered a catastrophic decline. This decline is thought to have been caused by…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Apalachicola Bluffs, Apalachicola River, fire exclusion, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, fungi, germination, light, longleaf pine, mortality, needles, north Florida, photosynthesis, pine forests, Pinus palustris, plant diseases, slash, slash pine, succession, Torreya, Torreya taxifolia, trees
Changing climate and land use appear to importantly affect the biosphere by way of impacts on fire regimes. Feedback effects on climate and air quality are likely through emissions of trace gases, aerosols, and particulates that affect radiation budgets, stability of the…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, boreal forests, charcoal, fire injuries (plants), fire regimes, gases, land use, particulates, pine forests, radiation, savannas, trees, Wisconsin
Fynbos is the dominant vegetation type in the Cape floristic region. Periodic fires are a natural phenomenon in fynbos and fire-stimulated seed germination has been reported for a number of fynbos species. Amongst the factors proposed as being directly responsible for the…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, Asteraceae, charring, chemical compounds, chemistry, Cupressaceae, Ericaceae, field experimental fires, fire adaptations (plants), fire frequency, fynbos, germination, heat, Helichrysum, laboratory fires, post fire recovery, regeneration, Restionaceae, seed germination, seeds, smoke effects, soil temperature, South Africa, Syncarpha vestita, wildfires