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Ingalsbee
Construction of fuelbreaks as a presuppression fuels treatment strategy in national forests has always been controversial (Omi 1996). Criticisms have been raised over the objectives, prescriptions, locations, methods, costs, impacts, and…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Long, Burnette, Medina
The largest wildfire in Arizona history damaged many important springs and wetlands on the western half of the White Mountain Apache Reservation in the summer of 2002. With support through the Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation plan for the fire,…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
McKenzie, Gedalof, Peterson, Mote
Climatic variability is a dominant factor affecting large wildfires in the western United States, an observation supported by palaeoecological data on charcoal in lake sediments and reconstructions from fire-scarred trees. Although current fire…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Tiner
While many wetlands form along floodplains of rivers, streams, lakes, and estuaries, others have developed in depressions far removed from such waters. Depressional wetlands completely surrounded by upland have traditionally been called 'isolated…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Rinne
Until recently, the effects of wildfire on aquatic ecosystems in the southwestern USA have been given little attention. Wildfires in the early 90s and their impact on threatened and endangered fishes and their habitats increased concern for this…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Rieman, Lee, Burns, Gresswell, Young, Stowell, Rinne, Howell
Conservation of native fishes and changing patterns in wildfire and fuels are defining challenges for managers of forested landscapes in the western United States. Many species and populations of native fishes have declined in recorded history and…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Rieman, Gresswell, Young, Luce
[Excerpt] The workshop on the Effects of Wildland Fire on Aquatic Ecosystems in the Western USA was convened in Boise, Idaho, USA in April 2002 to synthesize the emerging science and discussion relevant to such solutions. The organizing committee…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Pilliod, Bury, Hyde, Pearl, Corn
Information on amphibian responses to fire and fuel reduction practices is critically needed due to potential declines of species and the prevalence of new, more intensive fire management practices in North American forests. The goals of this review…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Curtin
In the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, fire research and restoration have been the cornerstone of a community-based conservation effort entitled the Malpai Borderlands Group (MBG), which is a consortium of ranchers, conservationists, and scientists. The…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Spencer, Gabel, Hauer
We documented immediate and mid-term (5 years) impacts on streams from a large (15,500 ha) wildfire in northwestern Montana. Fire-related impacts were ecosystem-wide, extending from water chemistry to fish. During the initial firestorm, phosphorus…
Year: 2003
Type: Document