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Emissions and smoke: comparing presettlement, full suppression, and prescribed natural fire periods in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness

Total particulate matter (PM) emissions were estimated for recent fires (1979-1990) and the presettlement period (prior to 1935) in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (SEW) in Idaho and Montana. Recent period emissions were calculated by l0-day periods for surface fire and crown…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: Abies grandis, air quality, coniferous forests, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel models, Idaho, Montana, natural resource legislation, Pinus ponderosa, presettlement fires, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires