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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Hierochloe odorata (sweetgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Roberta A. Walsh
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Falco sparverius (American kestrel) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Julie L. Tesky
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Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) seedling recruitment is limited by seed production and dispersal in space and time, by genetic constraints of specific ecotypes, and by environmental factors that include weather, microsite attributes, soil…
Author(s): Susan E. Meyer
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The interaction of large-scale fire, vegetation, and ungulates is an important management issue in Yellowstone National Park. A spatially explicit individual-based simulation model was developed to explore the effects of fire scale and pattern on…
Author(s): Monica G. Turner, Yegang Wu, Linda L. Wallace, William H. Romme, Antoinette Brenkert
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The transport of stream bedload sediment was monitored continuously in a small stream from 1975 to 1982 following forest fires in 1974 and 1980. The stream is located in the east subcatchment (170 ha) of Lake 239 in the Experimental Lakes Area,…
Author(s): Kenneth G. Beaty
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Carex capitata (capitate sedge) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Roberta A. Walsh
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The severity and extent of recent fires (1979-1990) were compared with that of presettlement fires (pre-1935) by eight major forest types in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (SBW) in Idaho and Montana. Presettlement fire intervals were determined…
Author(s): James K. Brown, Stephen F. Arno, Stephen W. Barrett, James P. Menakis
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Water has been used to fight fire for centuries. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) relies on a fleet of over 400 water engines as its primary fire suppression technology in Great Basin fuels. Class A foam is a relatively new approach to fire…
Author(s): Paul M. Schlobohm
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Elaeagnus commutata (silverberry) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Lora L. Esser
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Bromus pumpellianus (Pumpelly brome) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Roberta A. Walsh
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Turner argues that while the best way to avoid disasters is primarily “for managers to establish, to strengthen, and then to assert control,” management control only addresses part of the problem, and there are limitations that affect management in…
Author(s): Barry Turner
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The fires that burned the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) during the summer of 1988 were the largest ever recorded for the region. Wildfire can have profound indirect effects on associated aquatic ecosystems by increased nutrient loading, sediment,…
Author(s): R. G. Lathrop, John D. Vande Castle, James A. Brass
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Falco mexicanus (prairie falcon) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Julie L. Tesky
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Fire has been an important factor in the development of the vegetation of the Snake River Plain. Prior to Euro-American influence, fire helped determine the physiognomy and species composition of many communities. The occurrence of fire varied…
Author(s): Erin F. Peters, Stephen C. Bunting
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Chamaebatiaria millefolium (desert sweet) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Robin F. Matthews
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bentgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Lora L. Esser
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Carex concinna (low northern sedge) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Roberta A. Walsh
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Total particulate matter (PM) emissions were estimated for recent fires (1979-1990) and the presettlement period (prior to 1935) in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (SBW) in Idaho and Montana. Recent period emissions were calculated by 10-day…
Author(s): James K. Brown, Larry S. Bradshaw
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's hawk) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Julie L. Tesky
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Prescribed burning can be an effective tool to manage sagebrush grasslands. However, burning prescriptions for sagebrush grasslands vary depending on the management objectives, species composition of the community, and location. To develop…
Author(s): G. Allen Rasmussen
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