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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia cana, Artemisia cana subsp. Bolanderi, Artemisia cana subsp. cana, Artemisia cana subsp. viscidula (silver sagebrush, Bolander silver sagebrush, plains silver…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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We examined the use of snag stands by seven species of cavity-nesting birds from 1994-1998. Selection of snags was studied in logged and unlogged burned forests at two spatial scales: microhabitat (local vegetation characteristics) and landscape (…
Author(s): Victoria A. Saab, Ree Brannon, Jonathan G. Dudley, Larry Donohoo, Dave Vanderzanden, Vicky Johnson, Henry Lachowski
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The MODIS instrument on the NASA Terra satellite has been conducting routine global measurements of active fires and aerosol optical depths since late 2000. Currently, it takes more than 4 days to acquire MODIS data from the NASA DAAC Center, making…
Author(s): Wei Min Hao, Yoram J. Kaufman, Jacques Descloitres, Christopher O. Justice, Robert Sohlberg, Thomas Bobbe
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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 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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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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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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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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A large number of lightning-caused fires burned across the western United States during the summer of 2000. In a previous study, the authors determined that a simple index of low-level moisture (85-kPa dewpoint depression) and instability (85-50-…
Author(s): Miriam L. Rorig, Sue A. Ferguson
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Carex geyeri (elk sedge) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management considerations. Information…
Author(s): Amy C. Chadwick
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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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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire…
Author(s): Kristin L. Zouhar
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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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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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Risk assessment is often viewed as a logical, cause-effect process that uses mathematics and gives little credence to feelings. Without discounting the need for a rational approach to categorizing risk analysis, the authors show how affect, feelings…
Author(s): Paul Slovic, Melissa Finucane, Ellen Peters, Donald G. MacGregor
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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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This edited book is an excellent resource for those who wish to probe deeper into the state of the art research on emerging issues in judgment and decision making. The editors’ stated purpose is to provide “fresh perspectives on decision making”.…
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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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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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