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Thirty years ago the effects of timber harvest, prescribed burning, and wildfire were investigated in a western larch/Douglas-fir forest on the Flathead National Forest in western Montana. The original study was designed to investigate the effects…
Author(s): Jonalea R. Tonn, Martin F. Jurgensen, G. D. Mroz, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese
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Advocates of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) have promoted its use in scientific research, impact assessment, and ecological understanding. While several examples illustrate the utility of applying TEK in these contexts, wider application of…
Author(s): H.P. Huntington
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Gutierrezia sarothrae (broom snakeweed) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): D. A. Tirmenstein
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Prescribed burning is used to achieve a variety of silvicultural objectives, including controlling heavy fuel accumulation, exposing mineral soil, releasing available nutrients for seedbed preparation, and controlling certain insects, diseases, and…
Author(s): Kevin R. Russell, David H. Van Lear, David C. Guynn, Jr.
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As pinyon-juniper have increased their dominance throughout the Great Basin, other perennial plants have declined in abundance. Riparian areas traditionally have the greatest biodiversity found in the region. The increase of pinyon-juniper can…
Author(s): G. Allen Rasmussen, Robin J. Tausch, Stephen C. Bunting
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The 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park provided an opportunity to study effects of a large infrequent disturbance on a natural community. This study addressed two questions: (1) How does prefire heterogeneity of the landscape affect postfire…
Author(s): Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme, Robert H. Gardner
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Forest scientists ask that everyone, from the home gardener to the forest manager, help revive western white pine by planting it everywhere, even in nonforest environments such as our neighborhood streets, parks, and backyards. White pine, long ago…
Author(s): Leon F. Neuenschwander, James W. Byler, Alan E. Harvey, Geral I. McDonald, Denise S. Ortiz, Harold L. Osborne, Gerry C. Snyder, Arthur Zack
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According to Nutt, decisions that fail in organizations can be traced to managers who impose decisions, limit the search for alternatives, and use power to implement plans. Nutt finds that managers who make the need for action clear, set objectives…
Author(s): Paul C. Nutt
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pseudoroegneria spicata (bluebunch wheatgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Elena Zlatnik
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Prescribed fire is used as a site treatment after timber harvesting. These fires result in spatial patterns with some portions consuming all of the forest floor material (duff) and others consuming little. Prior to the burn, spatial sampling of duff…
Author(s): Peter R. Robichaud, S. M. Miller
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In this book, Isaacs argues that we should learn to kindle and sustain a new conversational spirit in our relationships, organizations, and communities. A conversational spirit will help us in times of frustration and conflict and help us work…
Author(s): William Isaacs
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Symphoricarpos oreophilus (mountain snowberry) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Keith Aleksoff
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This comprehensive chapter documents, from a management perspective, the knowledge base on risk assessments and risk management. The previous chapter in the book is a companion article that provides the scientific foundation for the concepts and…
Author(s): D.A. Cleaves, R. W. Haynes
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Hedysarum (Hedysarum spp.) roots are a primary food of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in the Front Ranges of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I studied the effects of recent forest fire on yellow hedysarum (H. sulphurescens) habitat by comparing root…
Author(s): David Hamer
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The “Harvard Method,” as it is sometimes called, emphasizes the importance of easy two-way communication. Yet in both negotiations and daily life, for good reasons or bad, we often don’t talk to each other, and don’t want to. And sometimes when we…
Author(s): Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Grayia spinosa (spiny hopsage) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): D. A. Tirmenstein
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Pinyon-juniper woodlands involve vegetation dominated by about seven species of Pinus and 17 species of Juniperus scattered over more than 75 million acres of the Southwestern United States and Mexico. The junipers are more widespread latitudinally…
Author(s): Neil E. West
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The 1996 fire season illustrated the potential impacts of wildland fires on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered lands through numerous western states. During the 1996 fire season, over six million acres burned in the United States…
Author(s): Thomas C. Roberts
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This assessment of Montana used data collected from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plots across Montana and summarized by forest type, density, and structure. The focus of the analysis was on ponderosa pine/Douglas fir/ dry mixed conifer…
Author(s): Carl E. Fiedler, Charles E. Keegan, Daniel P. Wichman, Stephen F. Arno
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (green rabbitbrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): D. A. Tirmenstein
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