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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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The Idaho Panhandle National Forests wildfire hazard-risk assessment
Harkins, Morgan, Neuenschwander, Chrisman, Zack, Jacobson, Grant, Sampson
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests (IPNF), in partnership with the University of Idaho, the Fire Sciences Laboratory, and The Sampson Group, developed a Geographic Information System (GIS) based wildfire hazard-risk assessment. The assessment was…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Pictures at a conflagration: mapping the maverick prescribed fire
Clark, Yool
The Madrean Archipelago of sky islands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico relies on fire to help regulate and maintain biodiversity, yet only limited fire research has been conducted in the region. Developing new tools and…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Implementing the expanded prescribed fire program on the Gila National Forest, New Mexico: implications for snag management
Boucher, Block, Benavidez, Wiebe
Efforts to return natural fire to the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, have resulted in controversy regarding management of snags (standing dead trees). The importance of snags for wildlife, especially cavity-dependent birds, is well documented.…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Protecting people and sustaining resources in fire-adapted ecosystems: a cohesive strategy: The Forest Service management response to the General Accounting Office Report GAO/RCED-99-65, October 13, 2000
Laverty, Williams
From Web Document, Executive Summary... ' Premise This strategy is based on the premise that sustainable resources are predicated on healthy, resilient ecosystems. In fire-adapted ecosystems, some measure of fire use - at appropriate intensity,…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Forest fire protection: CRS report for Congress
Gorte
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Year: 2000
Type: Document

Adapting forest planning decision support systems for prescribed fire treatments
Barrett, Jones, Wakimoto
Incorporating prescribed fire and fuel treatments into land management planning may require modification of computer-based forest planning decision support systems. A mail survey of USDA Forest Service fire management officers in the western US was…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Implementing the expanded prescribed fire program on the Gila National Forest, New Mexico: implications for snag management
Boucher, Block, Benavidez, Weibe
Efforts to return natural fire to the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, have resulted in controversy regarding management of snags (standing dead trees). The importance of snags for wildlife, especially cavity-dependent birds, is well documented.…
Year: 2000
Type: Document