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The authors explain the ways in which uncertainty is an important factor in the problems of risk and policy analysis. This book outlines the source and nature of uncertainty, discusses techniques for obtaining and using expert judgment, and reviews…
Author(s): M. Granger Morgan, Max Henrion
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Military misfortunes are complex and involve not only individual failures in judgment or action, but also organizational failures rooted in the values each military organization upholds. This book uses examples from several military battles to…
Author(s): Eliot A. Cohen, John Gooch
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Regardless of the mixture of land management objectives, quantification of the type of stands that will meet these objectives, target stands, is needed. Quantification of target stands is essential as the starting point for the diagnosis of…
Author(s): Jimmie D. Chew
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Vaccinium myrtilloides (velvetleaf blueberry) 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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[Excerpted from text] The growth of wildfires is related to three broad factors: fuel type, topography and weather. The National Fire Danger Rating System and the Fire Behavior Prediction System combine these factors to predict the probability and…
Author(s): Paul A. Werth, Richard Ochoa
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Xerophyllum tenax (beargrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Marilyn F. Crane
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An empirical model for predicting deposition of coarse-textured debris flows in confined mountain channels is developed based on field measurements of 14 debris flows in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. The model uses two criteria for deposition:…
Author(s): Lee E. Benda, Terrance W. Cundy
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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is a valuable wildlife resource in the western United States and southwestern Canada. Its large seeds are a preferred food for a variety of birds and mammals, especially Clark's nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana),…
Author(s): Katherine Kendall, Stephen F. Arno
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This article discusses social considerations with respect to public wildland forest fire policy. Social attitudes, beliefs and behavioral intentions of wildland fire are described as well as the public's knowledge of the effects of fire. This study…
Author(s): Michael J. Manfredo, Martin Fishbein, Glenn E. Haas, Alan E. Watson
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This book takes a systems approach to organizational learning. Senge argues that “a learning organization is a place where people are continually discovering how they create reality. And how they can change it”. This book explains why a learning…
Author(s): Peter Senge
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Vaccinium myrtillus (dwarf bilberry) 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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Disturbance regime is a critical organizing feature of stream communities and ecosystems. The position of a given reach in the river basin and the sediment type within that reach are two key determinants of the frequency and intensity of flow-…
Author(s): Seth R. Reice, Robert C. Wissmar, Robert J. Naiman
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Vaccinium parvifolium (red huckleberry) 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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A successional process model has been adapted for use with species from ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir (Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa)/(Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) forests of the inland Northwest. Its design allows modification for application…
Author(s): Robert E. Keane, Stephen F. Arno, James K. Brown
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The responses of streams to the 1979 Mortar Creek fire in central Idaho provide valuable insights into the extended impact of wildfire on trout habitat. The fire dramatically increased runoff and fine sediment levels and reduced shading and cover…
Author(s): G. Wayne Minshall, Douglas A. Andrews, James T. Brock, Christopher T. Robinson, Deron E. Lawrence
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Actaea rubra (red baneberry) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Marilyn F. Crane
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Vaccinium caespitosum (dwarf bilberry) 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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To provide adequate resource protection in alpine and subalpine areas, managers need to expand their perspective and focus on ecosystem and landscape-level management. Single-resource and microsite focuses stymie integrated management and protection…
Author(s): Wendel J. Hann
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pteridium aquilinum (western bracken fern) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Marilyn F. Crane
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Fire affects spawning areas and food habitat in streams by indirectly influencing waterflow, nutrients, erosion, sedimentation, debris, and water temperature. The response of vegetation following fire is the most important factor affecting aquatic…
Author(s): James K. Brown
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