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Addressing wildfire is not simply a fire management, fire operations, or wildland-urban interface problem - it is a larger, more complex land management and societal issue. The vision for the next century is to: Safely and effectively extinguish fire, when needed; use fire where…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: wildfire, wildland fire, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy)

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Person:
Year: 1980
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, fire management, national forests, national parks, natural resource legislation, smoke management

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Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Appalachian Mountains, bibliographies, Calamagrostis cainii, community ecology, distribution, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire regimes, fungi, genetics, Great Smoky Mountains, introduced species, land management, multiple resource management, national parks, natural areas management, natural resource legislation, North Carolina, plant communities, plant growth, pollution, recreation, species diversity (plants), succession, Sus scrofa, Tennessee, threatened and endangered species (plants), vegetation surveys, vulnerable species or communities, wilderness areas, wildfires, wildlife food habits, wildlife food plants

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Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, combustion, Florida, fuel moisture, hydrocarbons, laboratory fires, organic soils, particulates, peat fires, pollution, Quebec, soil temperature, soils, south Florida

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Person:
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Florida, north Florida, photography, wildfires

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Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, smoke management

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Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, everglades, Florida, particulates, south Florida, wetlands, wildfires

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Person:
Year: 1980
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: air quality, gases, particulates, pollution, wood

Fire affects grassland composition by selectively influencing recruitment. Some exotic species can increase their abundance as a consequence of fire-stimulated seed germination, but response may depend on seed age. Rumex acetosella L. (Polygonaceae, sheep's sorrel) is a…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: heat effects, post fire recovery, smoke effects, age classes, ash, charcoal, invasive species, plant growth, regeneration, seed dormancy, seed germination, Rumex acetosella, Patagonia, Argentina, South America, fire management, range management, grasslands, plant invasion, post-fire recruitment, Rumex acetosella, seed age, sheep's sorrel, soil seed bank

Cyanide is well known for its toxicity towards living organisms. Many plants use cyanide as a defensive agent against herbivores, releasing it through the enzymatic hydrolysis of endogenous cyanogenic compounds. At low concentrations, cyanide has been proposed to have a…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: smoke effects, chemistry, regeneration, seed germination, toxicity, Anigozanthos, Australia, forest management, smoke management

Coarse woody debris serves many functions in forest ecosystem processes and has important implications for fire management as it affects air quality, soil heating and carbon budgets when it combusts. There is relatively little research evaluating the physical properties relating…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: combustion, fine fuels, fuel moisture, fuel loading, fuel types, heavy fuels, ignition, air quality, bark, C - carbon, cover type, decomposition, duff, fungi, litter, overstory, plant physiology, roots, slash, snags, soil temperature, wind, Australia, Costa Rica, Central America, New Zealand, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest management, fuel management, coniferous forests, pine hardwood forests, CWD - coarse woody debris, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, thermal properties

From the text ... 'Welcome to the new era of 'megafires,' which rage with such intensity that no human force can put them out. Their main causes, climate change and fire suppression, are fueling a heated debate about how to stop them.'
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Climate, Fire Behavior
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, crown fires, experimental fires, fire intensity, fire size, fire suppression, fire whirls, fuel accumulation, lightning caused fires, rate of spread, wildfires, woody fuels, climate change, litter, storms, fire management, forest management, fuel management, land management

In this study, ash is analyzed as a geological material; in particular, we focus on ash produced by the burning of Ponderosa pine, a conifer that is widespread throughout mountainous landscapes of western North America. One set of ash samples used in the analysis was collected…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: combustion, post-fire recovery, wildfires, aluminum, ash, Ca - calcium, C - carbon, duff, erosion, grasses, magnesium, manganese, minerals, needles, N - nitrogen, particulates, P - phosphorus, K - potassium, runoff, soil nutrients, temperature, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, Montana, fire management, fuel management, smoke management, coniferous forests, debris flows, rheology, soil nutrients, surface sealing, wood ash

From the text ... 'Brazil's continued struggles with widespread wildfires highlight the country's need for focused fire managedment policies geared to its incredibly diverse ecosystem.'
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: Brazil, cerrado, ecosystem dynamics, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (animals), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression (aerial), forest management, fragmentation, post fire recovery, South America, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), tropical forests, wildfires

This report outlines the development (section 2) and testing (section 3) of a simple mathematical dispersion model, — based on Gaussin plume models for air polution, — for predicting smoke concentration and visibility reduction downwind from prescribed burns in forests. The data…
Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Australia, distribution, flame length, forest management, fuel loading, pollution, rate of spread, scorch, smoke management, statistical analysis, western Australia, wind

Emissions from prescribed fire vary geographically. In the Northeast, for example, prescribed fires are rare. In other sections, e.g., the southern Coastal Plain, meteorological conditions, terrain, and light fuel loads minimize atmospheric concentrations of emissions. The…
Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Eastern, Great Basin, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: air quality, burning permits, coastal plain, community ecology, disturbance, dust, education, fire adaptations, fire dependent species, fire size, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, heavy fuels, light, mountainous terrain, natural resource legislation, particulates, pollution, public information, smoke management, soot, volcanoes, wildfires

Man began an intensive program to keep fire out of the woods about 70 years ago. Periodic ground fires once common in western pine forests were reduced, and a stand type that had been open, thrifty, and fairly resistant to wildfires lost those characteristics. The current status…
Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: arthropods, Choristoneura occidentalis, Coloradia pandora , crown scorch, Dendroctonus, Dendroctonus brevicomis, Dendroctonus ponderosae, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fire resistant plants, forest management, fuel loading, ground fires, habits and behavior, insect ecology, insects, integrated pest management, Ips pini, old growth forests, Oregon, Orgyia pseudotsugata, pine forests, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, plant diseases, Pseudotsuga menziesii, shrubs, slash, smoke effects, soil organisms, trees, Washington, wildfires, wood

'The corn harvest on Salisbury Plain is gathered mainly by combine harvesters. Much more straw than is required by the farmer is produced, consequently it is not uncommon for some to be burnt where it lies, evenly distributed in the field. The meteorological office roof at…
Person:
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior
Region(s): International
Keywords: air temperature, convection, decay, England, Europe, field experimental fires, fire whirls, human caused fires, ignition, photography, remote sensing, temperature, wind

In Australia the long-term ecolgical consequences of forest practices which lead to nutrient depletion may be very serious. In the absence of fertilization, cumulative nutrient depletion associated with intensive management (involving clear-felling, slash burning, and short…
Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: ash, Australia, bibliographies, biomass, clearcutting, combustion, decay, disturbance, duff, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, eucalyptus, evapotranspiration, fertilization, fine fuels, forest management, fuel accumulation, humus, ignition, leaching, litter, logging, mineral soils, nitrogen fixation, nutrient cycling, nutrients, organic matter, particulates, precipitation, regeneration, sclerophyll forests, seedlings, site treatments, slash, slash and burn, soil erosion, soils, Tasmania, temperature, understory vegetation, wildfires

Generalizations of the 'opacity method' of analyzing visible smoke-plume diffusion are presented. The horizontal dispersion length, sigma-y, is derived from the outline of a plume having an arbitrary vertical concentration distribution. The vertical dispersion length, sigma-z,…
Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, distribution, photography, pollution, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, Tennessee, weather observations, wind

A note on the features and control of the ground (soil fires that occur at intervals of 5-8 yr in the Soviet Far East. The winter ground fires occur when the snow cover is incomplete, after a warm dry autumn and when the water table is low. These fires often do not affect the…
Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: Asia, cover, decomposition, education, fire control, fire regimes, fire suppression, firebreaks, ground fires, rate of spread, season of fire, soil moisture, soils, Soviet Union, temperature, water

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Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: Agrostis tenuis, air quality, arthropods, burning intervals, Dactylis glomerata, Festuca arundinacea, Festuca rubra, grasses, insects, Lolium perenne, natural resource legislation, Oregon, Paspalum dilatatum, perennial plants, plant diseases, Poa pratensis, public information, season of fire, seed production, smoke management, weed control

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Person:
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire intensity, fuel types, Ilex glabra, north Florida, particulates, pine forests, Serenoa repens, smoke management, south Georgia

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Person:
Year: 1980
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: air quality, ash, chemistry, particulates

This document provides a list of publications produced by the Rocky Mountain Research Station from April-June, 2011. It includes series publications, science perspectives, journal articles, and other publications. The topics covered include all aspects of forest management.
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Social Science
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: Forest Service, publications, research publications