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Forest and range health, along with wildfire, currently dominate management decisions on public lands across much of the United States. Changing conditions on the ground, as well as government initiatives such as the National Fire Plan, the Healthy…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Carlson
Ric Carlson relates one occurrence when his optimism in a burn plan colored his perspective.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Carlson
Ric Carlson describes how he develops the prescription window and uses a process of constant evaluation and updating that helps him avoid the traps always inherent with boundary selection.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Carlson
Ric Carlson describes how he develops the prescription window and uses a process of constant evaluation and updating that helps him avoid the traps always inherent with boundary selection.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Keller
Because grass fires often burn in short, light fuels, some firefighters may tend to encounter them with their 'guard down'-without taking adequate safety precautions. Using lessons learned from actual grass fire incidents, this video illustrates why…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Keller
How could an engine rollover on a wildfire actually start several months before this accident occurs? 'Engine Rollover: Why This Accident Started Months Ago', the latest release in the Wildland Fire Lesson Learned Center's 'Firefighter: Remember…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Keller
This is a 9-minute video regarding watchouts and suggestions for operating vehicles in the black.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
McCarthy
Webinar recording of a presentation by Patrick McCarthy on the work of the Southwest Climate Change Initiative (SWCCI), which is working to provide information and tools for managing landscapes and watersheds in light of a changing climate, assess…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Lowenstein
Climate change is no longer a threat; it's a reality. A rapidly changing climate is already transforming ecosystems and the processes that sustain them; greater changes lie in front of us. Climate change will change physical relationships (e.g. the…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Quarles
Home survival in wildfire prone areas depends on a combination of adequate vegetation management in the area surrounding your home (i.e., your 'defensible space') and choices regarding building materials and design decisions for the home or building…
Year: 2011
Type: Media