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Blackwell, Green, Hedberg
In 1992 the Greater Vancouver Water District began an extensive ecological inventory of its three watersheds (53,600 ha) that serve as the drinking water source for the Greater Vancouver Region. The focus of the inventory was to provide watershed…
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
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
Sampson, Gollberg
The workshop began with the workshop facilitator, Neil Sampson, summarizing 17 invited papers presented on the opening day of the conference. These papers provided a state-of-the-science overview of pre-selected topics including Overview (3 papers…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Bertolette, Spotskey
A methodology is outlined for mapping Fuel Model Indexes/Forest Types (FMI/FT), to provide input for the fire area simulator FARSITE. USGS Digital Orthophoto Quads, together with contour and stream themes from USGS topographic maps, were digitally…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Yool, Miller, Balice, Oswald, Edminster
Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) technologies support the goals of the Los Alamos region to use current technology in expanding information to reduce fire hazard within its wildland urban interface. The forests and woodlands on…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Rollins, Swetnam, Morgan
We present results from ongoing research into 20th Century fire regimes in two large Rocky Mountain wilderness areas. Fire patterns are represented as digital fire atlases based on archival forest service data. We find that spatial and temporal fire…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Blackwell, Green, Hedberg, Ohlson
In 1992 the Greater Vancouver Water District began an extensive ecological inventory of its three watersheds (53,600 ha) that serve as the drinking water source for the Greater Vancouver Region. The focus of the inventory, which integrates physical…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Clark, Yool
The Madrean Archipelago of sky islands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico relies on fire to help regulate and maintain biodiversity, yet only limited fire research has been conducted in the region. Developing new tools and…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Rollins, Swetnam, Morgan
Twentieth century fire patterns were analyzed for two large, disparate wilderness areas in the Rocky Mountains. Spatial and temporal patterns of fires were represented as GIS-based digital fire atlases compiled from archival Forest Service data. We…
Year: 2000
Type: Document