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Taylor, Twidwell, Garza, Rosser, Hoffman, Brooks
We examined how the occurrence and structure of grasses and woody plants changed after 12 yr of a fire season manipulation and removal of livestock herbivores. Applying high intensity fires in the summer preserved the structural integrity of this…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Bond, Siegel, Hutto, Saab, Shunk
From the text ... During the 2012 fire season from June through August, wildfires in the drought-stricken western and central United States burned more than 3.6 million acres of forest and shrubland. In the hot, dry, windy conditions seen that…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Sell, Livingston
The purpose of this study was to generate a physical fitness profile of an interagency hotshot crew mid-way through the wildland fire season. Twenty interagency hotshot crew firefighters completed measures of body composition, aerobic fitness,…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Litschert, Brown, Theobald
Wildfires play a formative role in the processes that have created the ecosystems of the Southern Rockies Ecoregion (SRE). The extent of wildfires is influenced mainly by precipitation and temperature, which control biomass growth and fuel moisture…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
The 2012 wildfire season isn't over yet, but already this year is shaping up to be the one of the worst on record in the American West. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, with nearly two months still to go in the fire season, the…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Oliver
National forest managers are charged with tackling the effects of climate change on the natural resources under their care. The Forest Service National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change and the Climate Change Performance Scorecard require…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Magi, Rabin, Shevliakova, Pacala
The timing and length of burning seasons in different parts of the world depend on climate, land-cover characteristics, and human activities. In this study, global burned area estimates are used in conjunction with global gridded distributions of…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Anzalone
The 2011 fire season in the Southwestern Region was extremely active. Several large 'mega-fires' received national media attention, including the Wallow Fire in northern Arizona and the Las Conchas Fire in New Mexico. Both of these fires were the…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Jones
The objective sounds simple: build a tank system that can be installed in a military airplane to convert it quickly into a large airtanker for dropping fire retardant on wildfires. But anyone involved with the Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Huffman, Saginor
With fires burning, at times, from border to border, the 2011 Texas fire season was considered one of the worst in recorded State history. It resulted in one of the most complex responses the State ever has put together.
Year: 2012
Type: Document