The Southwest Fire Science Consortium is partnering with FRAMES to help fire managers access important fire science information related to the Southwest's top ten fire management issues.
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Wilcove, Rothstein, Dubow, Phillips, Losos
From the text (p. 247)...'Alteration of ecosystem processes is increasingly being recognized as a significant threat to biodiversity. Disruption of fire regimes, for example, affects 14% of listed species. About half of these species are threatened…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Rothermel
From the text ... 'It should be clear to everyone concerned that weather conditions and the availability of fuel largely control the behavior of fires. Since projections of actual fire growth depend on weather forecasts, and the weather beyond three…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Hesseln
Prescribed burning has, in the past decade, become the focus of debate among policy makers, federal and private land managers, and the public. To manage fire effectively, the USDA Forest Service has formally recognized the need for economic analysis…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
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
Bradley, Schomer, Sumikawa, Walker, Younker, Bossert, Hanson, Linn, Reisner
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed an initiative for a National Wildfire Prediction Program. The program will provide guidance for fire managers throughout the country, assisting them to…
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