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Bradley
The Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) is a computer-based, menu-driven encyclopedia of fire effects and general ecological information for plant species, wildlife species, and plant communities. It provides interpreted, summarized information…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Severson, Rinne
Historically, prescribed fire has been used as a management tool primarily to create habitat diversity in all upper elevation (>5,000-ft) vegetation types. Research is needed on the feasibility of using this tool in riparian-stream areas and in…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Lachowski, Rodman, Shovic
The 1988 fires created a lot of changes in land cover in Greater Yellowstone Area, an area of several million acres administered by the Park Service, Forest Service and other Federal, State and private owners. Remotely sensed data, such as aerial…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Ffolliott
Fire, either as a natural occurrence or a management tool, can have beneficial effects on the environment, and its use offers opportunities for reducing fuel loads, disposing of slash, preparing seedbeds, thinning stands, increasing herbaceous plant…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Wakimoto
The public outcry about the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park and adjacent natural forests, coupled with concern among natural resource managers, convinced the Secretaries of the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to establish the Fire…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Branhagen
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
McGuiness, Benner, Smith
During late winter 1988 and 1989, 18 radio-marked eastern wild turkey hens released into Natchez Trace State Park, Forest and Wildlife Management Area, and 20 radio-marked Natchez Trace (resident) hens released at the capture site were monitored…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
In the aftermath of the Greater Yellowstone Area fires of 1988, scientists from all across North America recognized the once in a lifetime research opportunities these fires presented. For a host of reasons, the Yellowstone fires were unique, due…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Omi, Smith
FIRELAMP represents an ambitious, prototype attempt at integrating fire and land management planning, initiated by the USDA Forest Service's Intermountain Research Station and faculty and students at Colorado State University. The model uses…
Year: 1990
Type: Document