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Preliminary results are presented from ongoing research on spatial variability of fire effects on soils and vegetation from the Black Mountain Two and Cooney Ridge wildfires, which burned in western Montana during the 2003 fire season. Extensive…
Author(s): Andrew T. Hudak, Penelope Morgan, Carter Stone, Peter R. Robichaud, Theresa B. Jain, Jess T. Clark
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High-temporal resolution meteorological output from the Parallel Climate Model (PCM) is used to assess changes in wildland fire danger across the western United States due to climatic changes projected in the 21st century. A business-as-usual…
Author(s): Timothy J. Brown, Beth L. Hall, Anthony L. Westerling
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Leymus salinus (saline wildrye) 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): Michelle B. Anderson
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Recent changes in the forest policies, regulations, and laws affecting public lands encourage postfire salvage logging, an activity that all too often delays or prevents recovery. In contrast, the 10 recommendations proposed here can improve the…
Author(s): James R. Karr, Jonathan J. Rhodes, G. Wayne Minshall, F. Richard Hauer, Robert L. Beschta, Christopher A. Frissell, David A. Perry
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Fuels management responsibilities may include providing local property owners with the information for taking responsibility for reducing fuels on their land. This fact sheet discusses three different types of information that may be useful in…
Author(s): Martha C. Monroe, Lisa Pennisi
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Questions: How does the time interval between subsequent stand-replacing fire events affect post-fire understorey cover and composition following the recent event? How important is fire interval relative to broad- or local-scale environmental…
Author(s): Tania L. Schoennagel, M. G. Waller, Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Cardaria chalapensis, Cardaria draba, Cardaria pubescens (lens-podded hoary cress, heart-podded hoary cress, globe-podded hoary cress) to fire--how fire affects the species and…
Author(s): Kristin L. Zouhar
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Validating the components of the carbon (C) budget in forest ecosystems is essential for developing allocation rules that allow accurate predictions of C pools and fluxes. In addition, a better understanding of the effects of natural disturbances on…
Author(s): Creighton M. Litton, Michael G. Ryan, Dennis H. Knight
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In northern Rocky Mountain moist forests, riparian systems contain many attributes that create unique biophysical conditions that alter disturbances and microenvironments; thus creating distinct forest structures, species composition, and management…
Author(s): Theresa B. Jain, Russell T. Graham
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Norm theory offers a paradigm for understanding why the public judges management actions acceptable or unacceptable. This study assesses normative beliefs about acceptable wildland fire management. The acceptability of three fire management actions…
Author(s): Katie Kneeshaw, Jerry J. Vaske, Alan D. Bright, James D. Absher
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Prunus pensylvanica (pin cherry) 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): Michelle B. Anderson
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FireWorks is an educational program that provides interactive, hands-on activities for studying fire behavior, fire ecology, and human influences on three fire-dependent forest types-ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), interior lodgepolepine (P.…
Author(s): Jane Kapler Smith, Nancy E. McMurray
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The principal goals of fuel treatments are to reduce fireline intensities, reduce the potential for crown fires, improve opportunities for successful fire suppression, and improve forest resilience to forest fires. This fact sheet discusses thinning…
Author(s): Morris C. Johnson
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A 21-yr gridded monthly fire-starts and acres-burned dataset from U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs fire reports recreates the seasonality and interannual variability of wildfire in…
Author(s): Anthony L. Westerling, Timothy J. Brown, Alexander Gershunov, Daniel R. Cayan, M. D. Dettinger
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Descurainia pinnata (pinnate tansymustard) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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Fire-history data for ponderosa pine forests in the western U.S. have uncertainties and biases. Targeting multiple-scarred trees and using recorder trees when sampling for fire history may lead to incomplete records. For most of the western U.S.,…
Author(s): William L. Baker, Donna S. Ehle
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Our limited understanding of the short and long-term effects of fire on fish contributes to considerable uncertainty in assessments of the risks and benefits of fire management alternatives. A primary concern among the many potential effects of fire…
Author(s): Jason B. Dunham, Michael K. Young, Robert E. Gresswell, Bruce E. Rieman
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia frigida (fringed sagebrush) 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): Jack McWilliams
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Natural and prescribed fires play an important role in managing and maintaining most ecosystems in the western United States. The high soil temperatures associated with fire influence forests and their ability to regenerate after a fire by altering…
Author(s): William J. Massman, John M. Frank, S. M. Massman, Wayne D. Shepperd
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Linaria dalmatica, Linaria vulgaris (Dalmatian toadflax, yellow toadflax) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the…
Author(s): Kristin L. Zouhar
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