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From the text: 'In my opinion, professional foresters should be working much harder to get the facts across on prescribed burning because if we don't I feel forest management could suffer from restrictive rules or laws, both at the State and Federal level. There are still some…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: conservation, education, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, hardwoods, invasive species, liability, pine forests, public information, smoke management, Smokey Bear program
From the text: 'Although management objectives differ among the Teton Wilderness, DESCON areas, and Everglades National Park, there are unifying concepte, or principles: 1. Land Management objectives set the stage regarding subsequent fire management decisions for suppression,…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, ecosystem dynamics, education, everglades, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, health factors, human caused fires, ignition, land management, lightning, lightning caused fires, national forests, national parks, public information, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness areas
'Lightning and resulting fires have long been part of the Glacier ecosystem. Much of the natural beauty of the park--the diversity of wildlife and the mosaic of vegetation--has been shaped by fire. If aesthetic quality, represented primarily by naturalness, is to persist in…
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Social Science, Outreach
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, fire case histories, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, fire suppression, Larix, lightning, lightning caused fires, Montana, mosaic, national parks, Pinus contorta, smoke effects, Smokey Bear program, succession, wildfires, wildlife