Skip to main content

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.

Type

Topic

Region

Year

Displaying 1 - 9 of 9

Distribution, habitat and Red List status of the New Caledonian endemic tree Canacomyrica monticola (Myricaceae)
Herbert
The monotypic genus Canacomyrica Guillaumin is a small tree endemic to the rare remaining fragments of primary forest growing on ultramafic geology in New Caledonia. In the rich flora of this island it is one of many endemics to be threatened by…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Wildland fire suppression: lack of clear guidance raises concerns about cost sharing between federal and nonfederal entities
Nazzaro, Bixler, Chu, Dent, Frisch, Guinane, Jackson, Johnson, Joy, Lin, Moscovitch, Sinkfield
From What GAO Recommends ... 'GAO recommends that the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, working with relevant state entities, provide more specific guidance on when to use particular cost-sharing methods and clarify the financial…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Is the migratory behavior of montane elk herds in peril? The case of Alberta's Ya Ha Tinda elk herd
Hebblewhite, Merrill, Morgantini, White, Allen, Bruns, Thurston, Hurd
There is growing concern that populations of migratory ungulates are declining globally. Causes of declines in migratory behavior can be direct (i.e., differential harvest of migrants) or indirect (i.e., habitat fragmentation or land-use changes).…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Modeling fuel treatment costs on forest service lands in the western United States
Calkin, Gebert
Years of successful fire suppression have led to high fuel loads on the nation's forests, and steps are being taken by the nation's land management agencies to reduce these fuel loads. However, to achieve desired outcomes in a fiscally responsible…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Controlling speckled alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa) invasion in a wetland reserve of southern Quebec
Brisson, Cogliastro, Robert
[no description entered]
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Fire management impacts on invasive plants in the western United States
Keeley
Fire management practices affect alien plant invasions in diverse ways. I considered the impact of six fire management practices on alien invasions: fire suppression, forest fuel reduction, prescription burning in crown-fire ecosystems, fuel breaks…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Factors that influence administrative appeals of proposed USDA Forest Service fuels reduction actions
Laband, González-Cabán, Hussain
Using the database developed by the General Accounting Office on proposed fuels reduction actions on federal lands in 2001 and 2002, we conduct probit regression analysis to identify factors that significantly affect the likelihood of administrative…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Control of invasive weeds with prescribed burning
DiTomaso, Brooks, Allen, Minnich, Rice, Kyser
Prescribed burning has primarily been used as a tool for the control of invasive late-season annual broadleaf and grass species, particularly yellow starthistle, medusahead, barb goatgrass, and several bromes. However, timely burning of a few…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Interrelationships between hydrology and ecology in fire degraded tropical peat swamp forests
Wosten, Van der Berg, van Eijk, Gevers, Giesen, Hooijer, Idris, Leenman, Rais, Siderius, Silvius, Suryadiputra, Wibisono
Interrelationships between hydrology and ecology are established for the Air Hitam Laut watershed in Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The developed relational diagram shows how modelled regional groundwater levels and flooding patterns are…
Year: 2006
Type: Document