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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Tetradymia nuttallii (Nuttall's horsebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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The health of many Rocky Mountain ecosystems is in decline because of the policy of excluding fire in the management of these ecosystems. Fire exclusion has actually made it more difficult to fight fires, and this poses greater risks to the people…
Author(s): Robert E. Keane, Kevin C. Ryan, Thomas T. Veblen, Craig D. Allen, Jesse A. Logan, Brad C. Hawkes
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Succession in upland vegetation following fire is well studied, yet the concurrent changes in riparian zones and streams have received little attention. Our objective was to examine variation in riparian and stream characteristics in three…
Author(s): Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, Michael K. Young, Ethan Mace, Robert S. Ahl
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Topography, vegetation, and climate act together to determine the spatial patterns of fires at landscape scales. Knowledge of landscape-fire-climate relations at these broad scales (1,000s ha to 100,000s ha) is limited and is largely based on…
Author(s): Matthew G. Rollins, Penelope Morgan
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The role of the Policy Analysis Center for Western Public Lands is to provide integrated social, economic and ecological analyses of public land policies that affect communities in the West. Its mission is to help rural communities, policy makers,…
Author(s): Carl L. Wambolt, Aaron J. Harp, Bruce L. Welch, Nancy L. Shaw, John W. Connelly, Kerry P. Reese, Clait E. Braun, Donald A. Klebenow, E. Durant McArthur, James G. Thompson, L. Allen Torell, John A. Tanaka
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The Northern Rockies Adaptation Partnership (NRAP) includes diverse landscapes, ranging from high mountains to grasslands, from alpine glaciers to broad rivers (fig. 1.1). This region, once inhabited solely by Native Americans, has been altered by…
Author(s): S. Karen Dante-Wood
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Peter D. Steinberg
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pinus edulis (twoneedle pinyon) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management considerations.…
Author(s): Michelle B. Anderson
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Elymus lanceolatus (thickspike wheatgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Janette S. Scher
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From the text ... "This article discusses factors that are critical to both firefighters and fire managers in ensuring a safe and productive workforce. First, it discusses such items as the work environment, the firefighter workforce, physical…
Author(s): Richard Mangan
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the total energy expenditure (TEE) by using the doubly labeled water (DLW) methodology during 5 d of wildfire suppression in Montana, California, Florida, Washington, and Idaho. METHODS:…
Author(s): Brent Ruby, T.C. Schriver, T.W. Zderic, B.J. Sharkey, C. Burks, S. Tysk
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ANNOTATION: The goal of this project is to estimate the cost of harvesting and transporting forest residues to processing centers in the northern Rocky Mountains. Regionwide estimates are to be made based on the detailed analyses of the volumes and…
Author(s): Charles E. Keegan, Michael J. Niccolucci, Carl E. Fiedler, J. Greg Jones, Roy W. Regel
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This article offers four alternative prescriptions for making strategic choices in organizations: 1) analysis; 2) inspiration; 3) bargaining; and 4) judgment. Decision makers should use analysis when both the objectives and the means for producing…
Author(s): Paul C. Nutt
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pinus albicaulis (whitebark pine) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management considerations.…
Author(s): Janet L. Fryer
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Tetradymia spinosa (spiny horsebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management considerations…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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Heat generated during fire induces chemical oxidation of soil organic matter thereby altering carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) transformations. Prior soil fire history and soil moisture content at the time of heating can be confounding factors in the…
Author(s): Urszula Choromanska, Thomas H. DeLuca
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Fire played an important role in maintaining and creating conditions suitable for native flora and fauna in the forests of western North America. Recent coarse filter conservation strategies have advocated creating future landscapes that incorporate…
Author(s): James K. Agee
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Crown fires occur in a variety of coniferous forest types (Agee 1993), including some that are not historically prone to crown fire, such as ponderosa pine (Mutch and others 1993). The head fire spread rate of a crown fire is usually several times…
Author(s): Joe H. Scott, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt
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This paper demonstrates protocols to analyze and illustrate trends in the long-term effects of repeated fire hazard reduction entries at broad state-level scales. The objectives of this analysis are to determine the effectiveness of two stand…
Author(s): Glenn A. Christensen, Roger D. Fight, R. James Barbour
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Powerpoint presentation about direct and indirect effects of fire on fish populations. Presented at the Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems Workshop, April 22-24, 2002 in Boise, Idaho.
Author(s): Jason B. Dunham, Michael K. Young, Robert E. Gresswell, Bruce E. Rieman
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