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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Intelligence, Outreach, 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, archaeological sites, conservation, education, forest management, lakes, land management, land use, livestock, multiple resource management, national forests, national parks, natural resource legislation, pollution, public information, recreation, riparian habitats, water, wilderness areas, wildlife
We present evidence that fire suppression may have contributed to the fungal decline of torreya (Torreya taxifolia). During the 1950's torreya suffered a catastrophic die-back. The torreya die-back was probably caused by needle pathogens induced through environmental stress.…
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: conifers, fire frequency, fire suppression, fungi, light, microorganisms, needles, plant diseases, plant growth, seed germination, smoke effects, succession, Tall Timbers Research Station, threatened and endangered species (plants), topography, Torreya taxifolia, toxicity, wildfires
The Minimum Acceptable Visibility (MAV) table was originally provided by the California Highway Patrol in response to an inquiry relative to acceptable highway visibility reduction caused by smoke. The table was included in chapter two of the 1991 edition of the National Park…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire smoke, roads, road corridor, road, smoke effects, smoke-induced fog, superfog, smoke
Lightning causes one third of the 9000 wildfires that occur in Canada. Annually, these lightning-caused fires account for 90% of the area burned and cost Canadians at least 150 million dollars in suppression costs and values destroyed. Unlike the fires caused by human negligence…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Weather, Economics
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies spp., Acer, Betula, boreal forests, Canada, computer programs, duff, fine fuels, fire control, fire management, fire suppression, firebrands, flammability, fuel loading, fuel models, fuel moisture, fuel types, hardwood forests, humidity, ignition, lightning, lightning caused fires, lightning effects, litter, moisture, physics, Picea, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, pine, Pinus strobus, Populus tremuloides, precipitation, rate of spread, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, storms, temperature, wildfires, wind, woody fuels
Equations for predicting duff and large woody fuel (7.6+ cm) consumption are summarized. Dependent variables are duff depth reduction, percentage duff depth reduction, percentage mineral soil, large fuel diameter reduction, and percentage large fuel reduction. Opportunities to…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies grandis, Artemisia tridentata, coniferous forests, conifers, duff, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fuel management, fuel models, grasses, mineral soils, pine forests, Pinus contorta, Pinus monticola, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, wildfires, woody fuels
Recreation is of increasing importance in forest environments. Fire has both short-term effects, trail closures, smoke impacts; and long-term effects, residual 'scars,' potential hazards, on forest recreation. The general public is gaining sophistication in understanding forest…
Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Outreach, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, erosion, fire intensity, fire management, mortality, pollution, post fire recovery, public information, recreation, runoff, smoke management, Smokey Bear program, statistical analysis, water quality, wildfires
A prescribed fire was ignited near Chapleau, western Ontario, Canada, on the afternoon of August 10, 1989. The fire, covering approximately 400 ha, burned vigorously over a period of 3 hours, from 1400 to 1700 EDT, generating a plume cloud structure including a portion…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, distribution, field experimental fires, fire case histories, fire intensity, fire management, fuel loading, lightning, lightning effects, logging, Ontario, physics, site treatments, slash, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management
After the serious smoke inversion conditions on the northern California and southern Oregon fires of 1987 and the Greater Yellowstone Area fires of 1988, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) hosted a conference - 'The Effect of Forest Fire Smoke on Firefighters'-in…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, northern California, Oregon, smoke behavior, smoke effects, Yellowstone National Park
The public outcry about the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park and adjacent natural forests, coupled with concern among natural resource managers, convinced the Secretaries of the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to establish the Fire Management Policy Review Team in…
Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, fuel loading, fuel moisture, general interest, land management, lightning caused fires, national parks, prescribed fires (chance ignition), recreation, season of fire, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
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Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer programs, fire suppression, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, storms
This paper draws on comments from 89 reporters who covered the fires, on comments from 146 of their new sources, and on evaluations of network television coverage by four groups of wildfire experts. The research also incorporates a content analysis of stories about the fires…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: bibliographies, catastrophic fires, education, environmental impact analysis, environmental impact statements, fire case histories, fire control, fire management, fire suppression, land management, national parks, public information, wildfires, Yellowstone National Park
Computers are rapidly expanding into the urban fire safety area. This paper presents some social implications caused by the use of computers for fire safety databases, arson prediction programs, and fire simulation programs. In regards to the new technological advances this…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Arizona, computer programs, fire control, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire management, fire suppression, human caused fires, incendiary fires, Massachusetts, rate of spread, wildfires
The western national parks managed by the Canadian Parks Service (CPS) are dominated by fire dependent forests of lodgepole pine, spruce and trembling aspen. Values at risk and high-intensity fire regimes limit the acceptability of unscheduled (lightning and unplanned man)…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, age classes, Canada, coniferous forests, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, fire dependent species, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, flame length, fuel types, headfires, human caused fires, ignition, lightning, lightning caused fires, mortality, national parks, Picea, pine forests, Pinus contorta, Pinus glabra, Populus tremuloides, prescribed fires (chance ignition)
Fire-maintained pine barrens once covered more than 20,000 hectares in the Albany region on sand deposits associated with glacial Lake Albany. Today, urbanization and fire suppression have reduced the area to less than 1,000 hectares of pine barrens, which are dissected by…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Social Science, Fire Ecology, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: adaptation, barrens, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest fragmentation, fuel loading, histories, ignition, lightning, New York, pine barrens, pioneer species, wildlife habitat management, wildlife refuges
Fire is becoming recognized as a major issue throughout the North American continent. The last several years have seen major fire seasons in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. There are five areas where an international approach to fire management will be useful. Technology…
Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, education, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, climate change, land management, Mexico, season of fire, smoke management, Washington, wildfires
Sustaining the availability and quality of forest and rangeland ecosystems is a problem facing our society now and into the future. Since fire is a significant process in these ecosystems, managing fire is a part of this environmental problem. Insufficient knowledge seriously…
Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: ecosystem dynamics, fire regimes, forest management, range management, smoke management, Washington, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: crowns, dead fuels, education, fire suppression, forest management, fuel management, general interest, Georgia, land management, litter, overstory, public information, smoke management, surface fires, understory vegetation
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: arthropods, fire adaptations (plants), fire exclusion, fire management, fire regimes, flammability, forest management, fuel loading, glaciers, insects, Lycaeides melissa, New York, pine barrens, Pinus rigida, plant communities, Quercus prinus, sand dunes, scrub, smoke management, vulnerable species or communities, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management
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Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Africa, air quality, Asia, CO2 - carbon dioxide, catastrophic fires, community ecology, deforestation, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire danger rating, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, general interest, climate change, Indonesia, land use, mortality, multiple resource management, Philippines, public information, South America, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: age classes, Canada, CO2 - carbon dioxide, chemistry, cutting, decay, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, experimental areas, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, forest management, land management, low intensity burns, mortality, mosaic, Ontario, phenology, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, plant growth, plant physiology, Populus grandidentata, Populus tremuloides, post fire recovery, precipitation, regeneration, reproduction, roots, seasonal activities, site treatments, soil moisture, soil temperature, soils, statistical analysis, surface fires, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Aegilops cylindrica, agriculture, air quality, croplands, field experimental fires, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, germination, laboratory fires, land management, mortality, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, soil erosion, soil temperature, sprouting, statistical analysis, temperature, Triticum sativum, weed control, weeds
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Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, combustion, fire size, fuel types, heat, heat effects, ignition, moisture, nuclear winter, post fire recovery, rate of spread, slash, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, urban habitats, wildfires
n this chapter we describe the results of airborne studies of smokes from 17 biomass fuel fires, including 14 prescribed fires and 3 wildfires, burned primarily in the temperate zone of North America between 34° and 49°N latitude. The prescribed fires were in forested lands…
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: North America, trace gases, smoke particulates, biomass fires
Due to the increasing concern about global climate change and the realization that biomass fires are a significant source of CO2, CH4, and other greenhouse gases, there is a need to quantify the emissions of these gases from biomass fires. The emissions from a wide variety of…
Person:
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: CO - carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, biomass fires
My discussion starts with some of the chemical aspects of forest fuels important from an emissions production standpoint. Then combustion processes are discussed. Finally, the emissions are described according to particulate matter and gaseous fractions.
Person:
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: PM - particulate matter, biomass burning, gaseous emissions, combustion processes