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Federal forest-fire policy in the United States
Stephens, Ruth
Forest-fire policy of U.S. federal agencies has evolved from the use of small patrols in newly created National Parks to diverse policy initiatives and institutional arrangements that affect millions of hectares of forests. Even with large…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Conceptual model for comparative ecological risk assessment of wildfire effects on fish, with and without hazardous fuel treatment
O'Laughlin
Wildfire poses risks to fish and wildlife habitat, among other things. Management projects to reduce the severity of wildfire effects by implementing hazardous fuel reduction treatments also pose risks. How can land managers determine which risk is…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Fuelbreaks for wildland fire management: a moat or a drawbridge for ecosystem fire restoration?
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

Policy analysis and national forest appeal reform
Mortimer, Scardina, Jenkins
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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

Reports of American Indian fire use in the east: References on American Indian fire use: A 19th-century snapshot of burning practices
Brown
From the text ... 'The evidence that American Indians used fire to shape their environments is too strong to simply dismiss or ignore. ...The whole country had 'the appearance of a beautiful park. A deer could be seen at a distance of a quarter mile…
Year: 2004
Type: Document

Multistate analysis of fixed, liberal regulations in quail harvest management
Guthery, Peterson, Lusk, Rabe, DeMaso, Sams, Applegate, Dailey
We derived consequences (realizations of hunter efficiency, relative harvest rates) of fixed, liberal quail (northern bobwhite [Colinus virginianus], Gambel's quail [Callipepla gambelii], and scaled quail [C. squamata]) harvest regulations applied…
Year: 2004
Type: Document