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Wolfson, Kolb, Sieg, Clancy
Introduction of exotic plant species is confounding treatments designed to reduce unnaturally high tree densities in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa P. & C. Lawson) forests of the western United States. Also, the recent increase in large, stand-…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Fuel Treatment Guidebook Saved Scenarios for the first cut tree list, with the first prescription, with mechanical treatment, for each of the forests included in the Fuel Treatment Guidebook that had commercial trees cut under the heaviest thinning…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
These are cut-tree-list files that have been converted to a tab delimited text file that can be read by MyFTP. These files correspond to the stands and treatments found in the fuel treatment guidebook. (Johnson, Morris C.; Peterson, David L. [in…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Ingalsbee
Construction of fuelbreaks as a presuppression fuels treatment strategy in national forests has always been controversial (Omi 1996). Criticisms have been raised over the objectives, prescriptions, locations, methods, costs, impacts, and…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Neznek
From the text...'On December 3, 2003, President Bush signed into law the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, legislation designed to expedite hazardous fuel reduction projects and improve forest health conditions in the nation's forests. Several…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Schoennagel, Veblen, Romme
Understanding the relative influence of fuels and climate on wildfires across the Rocky Mountains is necessary to predict how fires may respond to a changing climate and to define effective fuel management approaches to controlling wildfire in this…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Omi, Martinson, Kalkhan, Chong, Hunter, Stohlgren
The severity of the 2000 fire season has increased public awareness of a widespread fuels problem in western U.S. forests. Federal land management agencies have responded with plans to greatly expand programs to mitigate hazardous fuel conditions.…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
A report highlighting the progress and accomplishments of Forest Service Research and Development under the National Fire Plan in fiscal year 2003. It describes research findings, tool developments, technology transfer, and research highlights in…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Winter, Vogt, McCaffrey
Surveys of homeowners in three different ecosystems with varying fuels management approaches reveal that homeowners' trust in natural resource agencies is significantly associated with perceived risks and benefits and with perceived agency…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Peterson, Holmberg, Irwin
Forest reserves have been established to protect resources such as red-cockaded woodpeckers in the southeastern U.S., northern spotted owls and other vertebrates in the Pacific Northwest, aquatic resources such as salmon and bull trout, and the…
Year: 2004
Type: Project