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The paleoecologic record of the northern Rocky Mountains shows considerable spatial variability, which has been difficult to explain as a unified response to large-scale changes in effective moisture or temperature through time. Comparison of past…
Author(s): Cathy L. Whitlock, Patrick J. Bartlein
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An atmospheric index specifically designed to be related to the growth of wildland fires is evaluated for two recent Idaho fires. The index includes terms related to high midlevel lapse rates and low-level dry air. In the cases examined, the index…
Author(s): Paul A. Werth, Richard Ochoa
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Water and salinity relations were evaluated in recovering burned individuals of the dominant woody taxa from low-elevation riparian plant communities of the southwestern U.S. Soil elemental analyses indicated that concentrations of most nutrients…
Author(s): David E. Busch, Stanley D. Smith
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This article investigates responses to a gas pipeline explosion as a means of uncovering the methods that organizations and other participants use to make sense during disaster and to change situations. Sensemaking deals with how organizations and…
Author(s): Robert P. Gephart Jr.
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This article summarizes Kaplan and Norton’s earlier work on the “balanced scorecard” system, a set of measures designed to give a manager an overview of business performance. This comprehensive scorecard system is grounded in an organization’s…
Author(s): Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton
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Using the USDA Forest Service as an example, Bullis shows how decision making is largely determined by decision premises. Examples of premises include values, beliefs, and more broadly, culture. Bullis explores the ability of organizations to…
Author(s): Connie Bullis
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Drawing upon experience working for NASA during the Apollo Missions and his studies of organizational communication, Tompkins illustrates that taking a communication perspective can help with understanding organizational problems. This book takes a…
Author(s): Phillip K. Tompkins
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This early work of Lagadec’s, though it is nearly a decade and half old, continues to provide a helpful summary of guidelines mangers can use during a crisis. The book, targeted specifically for decision makers, is organized into three parts that…
Author(s): Patrick Lagadec
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In this article, Kofman and Senge explore shifts in contemporary management principles. They argue that the common organizational complaints of reactiveness, competition, and fragmentation are larger societal issues. These problems cannot simply be…
Author(s): Fred Kofman, Peter Senge
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The death of 13 men in the Mann Gulch fire disaster, made famous in Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire, is analyzed as the interactive disintegration of role structure and sensemaking in a minimal organization. Four potential sources of resilience…
Author(s): Karl E. Weick
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Pollen records from northern Grand Teton National Park, the Pinyon Peak Highlands, and southern Yellowstone National Park were examined to study the pattern of reforestation and climatic change following late—Pinedale Glaciation. The vegetational…
Author(s): Cathy L. Whitlock
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The landscape and stand-level fire history of lodgepole pine dominated forest in Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest is assessed. Primary objective were to: 1) determine pre-1900 fire periodicities, severities, and burning patterns in the area's…
Author(s): Stephen W. Barrett
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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis), an important producer of food for wildlife, is decreasing in abundance in western Montana due to attacks by the white pine blister rust fungus (Cronartium ribicola), epidemics of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus…
Author(s): Robert E. Keane, Stephen F. Arno
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Four types of economic impacts associated with the 1988 fires in and around Yellowstone National Park were studied. The park was headed for a record attendance year in 1988. Based on projections in this study, summer visitation would have increased…
Author(s): Paul E. Polzin, Michael S. Yuan, Ervin G. Schuster
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Fire managers in the Northwestern United States are often confronted by the problem of determining when precipitation might stop an ongoing fire. The possibility that a useful probability for fire-stopping precipitation could be developed from…
Author(s): Donald J. Latham, Richard C. Rothermel
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Presents a method of quantitatively representing the mosaic of stand types on a small landscape in the subalpine lodgepole pine forest type. The method utilizes macroplots placed systemically on a transect grid. Structure and composition of both…
Author(s): Stephen F. Arno, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, Joe H. Scott
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The Mann Gulch fire, which over ran 16 firefighters in 1949, is analyzed to show its probable movement with respect to the crew. The firefighters were smokejumpers who had parachuted near the fire on August 5, 1949. While they were moving to a…
Author(s): Richard C. Rothermel
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Grindelia squarrosa (curlycup gumweed) 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 Liatris punctata (blazing star) 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 Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian sunflower) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Roberta A. Walsh
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