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Developing a Standard Experimental Design and Protocol for a National Study of the Consequences of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments
Weatherspoon
Project Objectives: Land managers and researchers from the Department of Agriculture (Forest Service), Department of Interior (National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management), and universities will work collaboratively to…
Year: 2000
Type: Project

Adaptation of the Fuels and Fire Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator to meet the Objectives of the Joint Fire Science Program
Crookston, Kurz, Reinhardt
Project Objectives: We request support from the JFSP to: 1. adapt FFE-FVS to support fire-related economic analysis by linking FFE-FVS to IASELECT (Wiitala 1992) and CHEAPOII (Horn and others 1986). IASELECT quantifies the optimal economic…
Year: 2000
Type: Project

Fuel loads and overstory conditions at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Oswald, Balice, Scott
In the wake of the 1996 Dome Fire, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has been evaluating the fire hazards on its property and on adjacent lands in northern New Mexico. Modification of fire-return intervals through active fire suppression and…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Fire/Decay: managing codependent forest processes across the landscape
Harvey, Graham, McDonald, Larsen
The balance of the two principal carbon-mediating processes (fire and biological decomposition) across forested landscapes requires differing approaches to managing fuel accumulation and dispersion. Relative dependency of harsh habitats (hot/cold/…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Forest Service spatial information use for planning prescribed fires
Barrett, Jones, Wakimoto
Forest management decision support systems (FMDSS) and geographic information systems have improved the incorporation of spatial information into forest planning. However, most FMDSS have been designed to implement silvicultural treatments rather…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Fuel: logs, sticks, needles, duff, and much more
Graham, Jain, Harvey
Fuels burned by either prescribed or wildfires are complex and important components of forested ecosystems. Fine fuels consisting of fallen limbs, twigs, and leaves of shrubs and trees are rich in nutrients. If these fuels are not immediately burned…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

The Fire and Fire Surrogates Study: providing guidelines for fire in future forest watershed management decisions
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

Adapting forest planning decision support systems for prescribed fire treatments
Barrett, Jones, Wakimoto
Incorporating prescribed fire and fuel treatments into land management planning may require modification of computer-based forest planning decision support systems. A mail survey of USDA Forest Service fire management officers in the western US was…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

TNC Testifies Before The House Committee on Agriculture [Testimony]
Ladd
Doug Ladd, Director of Science and Stewardship, Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, had the opportunity to share TNC's views concerning the use of fire as a management tool in the conservation of natural habitat. His testimony, in full,…
Year: 1999
Type: Document

Western national forests: a cohesive strategy is needed to address catastrophic wildfire threats : report to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives
Coles, Conlon, Cotton, Eisenstadt, Goldfarb, Hutchison, Joy, Wolter
From the Executive Summary... 'Purpose: National forests of the dry, interior portion of the western United States that are managed by the Department of Agriculture*s Forest Service have undergone significant changes over the last century and a half…
Year: 1999
Type: Document