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Smokey isn't ready to retire
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Year: 1972
Type: Document

The ecology of forestry: the ecological role of man, the forester, in forest ecosystems
Kimmins
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Year: 1972
Type: Document

Ecological changes in a ponderosa pine forest from controlled burning and wildfire
Wagle, Eakle, Hall
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Year: 1972
Type: Document

Fire Ecology investigations in Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness: historical considerations and current observations
Habeck
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Year: 1972
Type: Document

A survey of airtankers and their use
Simard, Forster
'One of the most dramatic technological breakthroughs in forest fire suppression in recent years has been the development and use of airtankers...World War II surplus aircraft were available at a modest cost and many forest fire protection agencies…
Year: 1972
Type: Document

Lightning and fire ecology in Africa
Komarek
From the text (p.502) ... 'There are a few generalities that may be pointed out from a perusal of many of these experiments [on use of fire] that were and are being conducted from East Africa to South Africa. 1) Fire is a controlling agent in the…
Year: 1972
Type: Document

Forest fire weather index data - reference manual and station catalogue
Simard
From the Introduction:'Research in the field of forest fire protection almost inevitably necessitates a requirement for meteorological data. While many projects utilize on-site observations taken concurrently with the experiment, there also exists a…
Year: 1972
Type: Document

Direct seeding on a prescribed burn in western Newfoundland
Richardson
From the text ... 'The results of this study show that under certain conditions direct seeding can be a satisfactory method of establishing black spruce following prescribed burning of a balsam fir cutover. The most important limiting factor is the…
Year: 1972
Type: Document

Regeneration and plant succession as related to fire intensity on clear-cut logged areas in coastal cedar-hemlock type: an interim report
Lafferty
From the text ... 'Objectives of the study 1) To compare pre— and postburn plant communities. 2) To determine vegetal succession patterns after fires of different intensities. 3) To relate successional patterns to natural and artificial regeneration…
Year: 1972
Type: Document

A new look at compartment fires, part I
Harmathy
This is the first part of a two-part paper which the author has endeavored to present all available information on compartment fires in a consistent theoretical framework. This well-documented review of the state of the art should serve as a…
Year: 1972
Type: Document