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Petrescu, Aversa, Abu-Lebdeh, Apicella, Petrescu
The main idea is that, as the forests of the planet are getting smaller, too much wood is cut and the forests are made too slow, there are also large forest fires due to excessive heat, of people arguing with the law, or simply by chance.…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
White, Gaff
Tick population control technologies have been studied for several decades but no method is successful in all situations. The success of each technology depends on tick species identity and abundance, host species identity and abundance, phenology…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Fill, Crandall
Basic information on past, current and future weather conditions is critical for making decisions in prescribed fire and wildfire operations. It is not surprising that weather is one side of the fire behavior triangle. Weather patterns prior to a…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Fill
Mitigating smoke impacts on human health and safety is one of the challenges that landowners and agencies face when conducting prescribed burns. Particulate matter (PM) in smoke, produced by the combustion of fuels during burning, can aggravate…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Jian, Berli, Ghezzehei
Low‐severity wildfires and prescribed burns have been steadily increasing for over three decades, currently accounting for more than half of total burned area in the Southwestern United States. Most observations immediately after low‐severity burns…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
McCaw, Grobert, Brown, Strickland, Thompson, Gillman, Ball, Robinson
Foliar live fuel moisture (LFM)-the weight of water in living plant foliage expressed as a percentage of dry weight-typically affects fire behavior in live wildland fuels. In juniper communities, juniper LFM is important for planning prescribed…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Lee
This webinar will cover existing products that are effective and how they are applied in different situations. It will also introduce new emerging herbicides. Richard D. Lee, Integrated Pest Management Specialist, BLM National Operations Center,…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Navarro, Schweizer, Balmes, Cisneros
Prescribed fire, intentionally ignited low-intensity fires, and managed wildfires—wildfires that are allowed to burn for land management benefit—could be used as a land management tool to create forests that are resilient to wildland fire. This…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
This webinar covers significant changes made to the 2017 Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide (PMS 424).
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Dupéy, Smith
Social science research from a variety of disciplines has generated a collective understanding of how individuals prepare for, and respond to, the risks associated with prescribed burning and wildfire. We provide a systematic compilation, review,…
Year: 2018
Type: Document