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Policy analysis and national forest appeal reform
Mortimer, Scardina, Jenkins
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Year: 2004
Type: Document

Lowland forest loss in protected areas of Indonesian Borneo
Curran, Trigg, McDonald, Astiani, Hardiono, Siregar, Caniago, Kasischke
[no description entered]
Year: 2004
Type: Document

Financing sustainable development: Country Undertakings and Rights for Environmental Sustainability CURES
Grafton, Jotzo, Wasson
[no description entered]
Year: 2004
Type: Document

Early history of the listing of the red-cockaded woodpecker and the roles, actions, and consequences of states in the listing, downlisting, and delisting of the species
Jackson
The first recognition of conservation needs of the red-cockaded woodpecker came from biologists casually studying the species before there were endangered species laws. Their expressed concerns resulted in initial conservation efforts. Some early…
Year: 2004
Type: Document

The Cerro Grande Fire bombshell [abstract]
Valerio
On 4 May 2000, the Bandelier National Monument initiated a prescribed fire south and west of the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to reduce accumulated forest fuels near Cerro Grande Peak. On 5 May, the fire…
Year: 2004
Type: Document

A changing fire environment: the task ahead: Fire regimes and condition classes: Healthy forest restoration act, Title I
Williams
From the text ... 'We can improve preparedness and suppression, but until we better manage fuel buildups and growth in the wildland/urban interface, the gains will be marginal. ...We need fire protection programs that are ecologically appropriate,…
Year: 2004
Type: Document

Living with fire isn't so simple
Bosworth
From the text ... 'A policy of allowing all fires to burn would be just as flawed as the old policy of putting them all out. ...Our policy is to use fire where we can and suppress fire where we must.'
Year: 2004
Type: Document

Climatic change, wildfire, and conservation
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

Use of prescribed fire by aerial ignition for improvement of habitat for bighorn sheep
Thomas
From the Introduction: 'The use of aerial ignition on prescribed fires has become a feasible and successful method for treating areas with different objectives. in the USDA Forest Service's Southwestern Region. This paper describes the planning…
Year: 1984
Type: Document