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Results of the 1971inventory of fire use in Georgia indicate that 589,633 acres were burned for agricultural purposes and 527,557 acres were presribed burned for forestry purposes. About 95 percent of this burning was done in the southern half of the State. It was estimated that…
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, coastal plain, computer programs, fire control, fire hazard reduction, flatwoods, Georgia, particulates, Piedmont, sandhills, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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
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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
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, arthropods, competition, cover, croplands, fire hazard reduction, forest management, grasses, hardwoods, insects, litter, mosaic, nutrient cycling, pine forests, plant diseases, plant growth, regeneration, soils, understory vegetation, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
Although bush fires have been common in Australia for many thousands of years (cf. for example, Bermingham, Packham, and Vines, 1971) little is known about the smoke they produce. However, if the practice of prescribed burning - already employed as a routine method of reducing…
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, ash, Australia, brush, Eucalyptus marginata, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, gases, jarrah, light, Mediterranean habitats, N - nitrogen, particulates, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, soot, vines, western Australia