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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.

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Science and uncertainty in habitat conservation planning
Watchman, Groom, Perrine
'A review of 43 habitat conservation plans reveals numerous ways to reduce uncertainty for landowners and imperiled species alike.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Prescribed Fire
Tu, Hurd, Randall
From the text ... 'TNC and other agencies and ogganizations that manage land for biodiversity often use prescribed burns to promote desired vegetation and species. Fire is sometimes necessary to prompt the germination of some plants, including a…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Responses of exotic plant species to fires in Pinus ponderosa forests in northern Arizona
Crawford, Wahren, Kyle, Moir
Changes in disturbance due to fire regime in southwestern Pinus ponderosa forests over the last century have led to dense forests that are threatened by widespread fire. It has been shown in other studies that a pulse of native, early-seral…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Phytogeography of rare plant species endemic to the southeastern United States
Estill, Cruzan
A database of the county distribution of rare vascular plant species endemic to the southeastern United States was compiled in order to review geographic trends. A total of 482 species representing 246 genera in 95 families were identified as rare…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Restoring heterogeneity on rangelands: ecosystem management based on evolutionary grazing patterns
Fuhlendorf, Engle
From the text ... 'We purpose a paradigm that enhances heterogenity instead of homogeneity to promote biological diversity and wildlife habitat on rangelands grazed by livestock.' © American Institute of Biological Sciences. Abstract reproduced by…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Preface
Coloff
From the Preface ... 'The basic mission of the Joint Fire Science Program is to provide the scientific basis and rationale for implementing fuels management activities, with emphasis on the development and application of information for resource…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

The evolution of habitat conservation planning [abstract]
Fromer
The development of habitat conservation planning in its current form began in 1982 with the amendment of Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The initial HCPs developed under Section 10 focused on the resolution of conflicts between the…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Catastrophic wildfire and number of populations as factors influencing risk of extinction for Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
Brown, Echelle, Propst, Brooks, Fisher
We used the computer program RAMAS to explore the sensitivity of an extinction-risk model for the Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gibe) to management of wildfires and number of populations of the species. The Gila trout is an endangered salmonid presently…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Fighting the Pumpkin Fire--indirect attack and aerial ignition [including: Delayed aerial ignition devices and Critical habitat conserved]
Farnsworth
From the text ... 'Fire managers used indirect attack and aerial ignition to reduce the risk to firefighters and the damage to resources in a wilderness area.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document

A common sense approach to conserving rare species and their habitats on private lands: safe harbor and red-cockaded woodpeckers -- a case study
Costa, Miller, Lohr
From the Conclusion...'Safe harbor works because it does not punish but rewards, is voluntary not mandatory, ensures flexibility not rigidity, provides assurances not uncertainty and promotes pro-active conservation not re-active habitat destruction…
Year: 2001
Type: Document