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Hirsch, Pengelly
Over the last decade fire managers in Banff National Park have embarked on a comprehensive fuels management program of which one aspect has been fuel reduction treatments near structures or facilities (e.g., homes, campground, hotels). These…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Pollet, Omi
From the Management Implications (p.139-140)... 'Our findings indicate that fuel treatments do mitigate fire severity. Treatments provide a window of opportunity for effective fire suppression and protecting high-value areas. Although topography and…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Scott, Reinhardt
Land managers need the ability to assess alternative fuel treatments. Assessing fuel treatments requires modeling fire behavior and fire effects. Estimates of canopy fuel characteristics, including bulk density, crown base height, available canopy…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Weise, Kimberlin, Arbaugh, Chew, Jones, Merzenich, van Wagtendonk, Wiitala
Understanding the trade-off between short-term and long-term consequences of fire impacts on ecosystems is needed before a comprehensive fuels management program can be implemented nationally. We are comparing three vegetation models that may be…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Edminster, Weatherspoon, Neary
As part of the 1998 Joint USDA/USDI Fire Science Program, the Fire and Fire Surrogates Study was proposed to establish and evaluate cross-comparisons of fuels treatment practices and techniques to reduce wildfire risk. This study evaluates…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Hirsch, Kafka
Sustainable forest management in many of Canada*s forest ecosystems requires minimizing the socioeconomic impacts of fire and maximizing its ecological benefits. More specifically, while significant losses of life, property, and natural resources…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Brooks, Pyke
Two very different vegetation types characterize the deserts of North America. Shrublands are typical of the Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts. Perennial grasslands are most prevalent in the Chihuahuan Desert. Historically, fires were…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Sandberg, Ottmar, Cushon
The USDA Forest Service Fire and Environmental Research Applications (FERA) Team, on behalf of the Joint Fire Sciences Program, is developing a system for characterizing fuels on managed and unmanaged wildland fuelbeds throughout the United States.…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Caratti, Hann, Long, Menakis
National Forest and Grassland fire management has historically emphasized wildfire suppression and provided prescribed fire and fuel management support to other resources. Many fire management fuel treatments often occurred in a fragmented pattern…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Durland
Problem Statement: An logical application and documentation process is needed to prioritize, quantify and determine costs for fire prevention and fuels treatment areas and to predict or model the effectiveness of prevention program options in the…
Year: 2000
Type: Document