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Th e Rx-CADRE project was the combination of local and national fire expertise in the field of core fire research. The project brought together approximately 30 fire scientists from six geographic regions and seven diff erent agencies. Th e project…
Author(s): Daniel M. Jimenez, J. Kevin Hiers, Roger D. Ottmar, Matthew B. Dickinson, Robert L. Kremens, Joseph J. O'Brien, Andrew T. Hudak, C. Clements
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Festuca thurberi (Thurber fescue) 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): Rachelle Meyer
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A lack of research on the conceptual intersection of leisure, place and wildland fire and its role in identity prompted this exploratory study. The purpose of this research was to gather evidence regarding how people negotiate identities under the…
Author(s): Joseph Champ, Daniel R. Williams, Katie Knotek
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Dry forests throughout the United States are fire-dependent ecosystems, and much attention has been given to restoring their ecological function. As such, land managers often are tasked with reintroducing fire via prescribed fire, wildland fire use…
Author(s): Patricia L. Kennedy, Joseph B. Fontaine
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Several recent papers have suggested replacing the terminology of fire intensity and fire severity. Part of the problem with fire intensity is that it is sometimes used incorrectly to describe fire effects, when in fact it is justifiably restricted…
Author(s): Jon E. Keeley
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Over the past several fire seasons, there has been increasing emphasis on strategies to achieve fire management objectives using less than full perimeter control, such as more prescribed burning and focused point and area protection. While the…
Author(s): Anne E. Black, Krista M. Gebert, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Toddi A. Steelman, Janie Canton-Thompson
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Tanacetum vulgare (common tansy) 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): Corey L. Gucker
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The 2000 Bitterroot Valley wildfires provided an opportunity to measure post-fire effects and recovery rates. We established 24 small (0.01 ha [0.02 acre]) plots in four high-severity burn sites. We measured sediment yields at each site with silt…
Author(s): Peter R. Robichaud, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner, Robert E. Brown, Kevin M. Spigel
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Understanding the influences of forest management practices on wildfire severity is critical in fire-prone ecosystems of the western United States. Newly available geospatial data sets characterizing vegetation, fuels, topography, and burn severity…
Author(s): Michael C. Wimberly, Mark A. Cochrane, Adam D. Baer, Kari Pabst
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[Full Title: Grus canadensis, Grus canadensis canadensis, Grus canadensis nesiotes, Grus canadensis pratensis, Grus canadensis pulla, Grus canadensis rowani, Grus canadensis tabida (sandhill crane, lesser sandhill crane, Cuban sandhill crane,…
Author(s): Katharine R. Stone
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Author(s): Ronald E. Masters, Krista E. M. Galley, Don G. Despain
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On the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, U.S., the Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness is bordered by a buffer zone. To successfully improve forest health within that buffer zone and restore fire in the wilderness, the managing agency and the…
Author(s): Alan E. Watson, Roian Matt, Tim Waters, Kari Gunderson, Stephen J. Carver, Brett Davis
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Accurate estimation of the responses of understory plants to natural and anthropogenic disturbance is essential for understanding efficacy and non-target effects of management and restoration activities. However, ability to assess changes…
Author(s): Ilana L. Abrahamson
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Observed climate changes in the Western Mountains and Forests bioregion include increased seasonal, annual, minimum, and maximum temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and a shift toward earlier timing of peak runoff. These climatic changes…
Author(s): Rachel A. Loehman, Greer Anderson
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The Northern Rocky Mountains have sustained wildfire for centuries. Fires are widespread throughout the region during certain years, most recently in 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2007. However, until very recently there was little understanding of whether…
Author(s): Rachel Clark
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Ecological risk assessments typically are organized using the processes of planning (a discussion among managers, stakeholders, and analysts to clarify ecosystem management goals and assessment scope) and problem formulation (evaluation of existing…
Author(s): Randall J. F. Bruins, Wayne R. Munns, Stephen J. Botti, Steve Brink, David Cleland, Larry Kapustka, Danny C. Lee, Valerie Luzadis, Laura Falk McCarthy, Naureen Rana, Douglas B. Rideout, Matthew G. Rollins, Peter Woodbury, Mike Zupko
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ANNOTATION: This paper focuses on describing the methods used to estimate forest biomass supply curves and describing selected overall results of the analysis, including information on all forest and agricultural supply sources and maps indicating…
Author(s): Kenneth E. Skog, Robert B. Rummer, Bryan Jenkins, Nathan Parker, Peter Tittman, Quinn Hart, Richard Nelson, Ed Gray, Anneliese Schmidt, Marcia Patton-Mallory, Gayle Gordon
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Over the last 20 years, the duties of US fire professionals have become more complex and risk laden because of fuel load accumulation, climate change, and the increasing wildland-urban interface. Incorporation of fire use and ecological principles…
Author(s): Leda N. Kobziar, Monique E. Rocca, Christopher A. Dicus, Chad M. Hoffman, Neil G. Sugihara, Andrea E. Thode, J. Morgan Varner, Penelope Morgan
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A need exists for a simple computer program to determine surface and canopy fuel quantities (load, bulk density, depth) and qualities (fire behavior fuel model, fire-carrying fuel type) from a variety of fuel inventory data sources. In addition,…
Author(s): Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, Joe H. Scott, Duncan C. Lutes
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Ash formed by the combustion of vegetation and the litter and duff layers may affect runoff and erosion rates in the period immediately following wildfires, but only a handful of studies have specifically measured its effect. Approximately 1 month…
Author(s): Scott W. Woods, Victoria N. Balfour
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