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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Hesperostipa comata (needle-and-thread grass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
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This comprehensive chapter documents, from a management perspective, the knowledge base on risk assessments and risk management. The previous chapter in the book is a companion article that provides the scientific foundation for the concepts and…
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As pinyon-juniper have increased their dominance throughout the Great Basin, other perennial plants have declined in abundance. Riparian areas traditionally have the greatest biodiversity found in the region. The increase of pinyon-juniper can…
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Prescribed burning is used to achieve a variety of silvicultural objectives, including controlling heavy fuel accumulation, exposing mineral soil, releasing available nutrients for seedbed preparation, and controlling certain insects, diseases, and…
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The 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park provided an opportunity to study effects of a large infrequent disturbance on a natural community. This study addressed two questions: (1) How does prefire heterogeneity of the landscape affect postfire…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis (Wyoming big sagebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Ericameria nauseosa (rubber rabbitbrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
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The Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and Program Review, chartered and completed in 1995, represents the latest stage in the evolution of wildland fire management. The concept of appropriate management response is central to this policy.…
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Fire history investigations were carried out in three widely separated Great Basin pinyon-juniper woodlands in east-central Nevada, southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada, and western Nevada. Study results suggested frequent fires on deep soils…
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The 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park provided an opportunity to study effects of a large infrequent disturbance on a natural community. This study addressed two questions: (1) How does prefire heterogeneity of the landscape affect postfire…
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This booklet presents land management recommendations to help bird communities in sagebrush habitats. It was prepared for the Western Working Group of Partners in Flight, a partnership of private citizens, industry groups, government agencies,…
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Hedysarum (Hedysarum spp.) roots are a primary food of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in the Front Ranges of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I studied the effects of recent forest fire on yellow hedysarum (H. sulphurescens) habitat by comparing root…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pascopyrum smithii (western wheatgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
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Pinyon-juniper woodlands involve vegetation dominated by about seven species of Pinus and 17 species of Juniperus scattered over more than 75 million acres of the Southwestern United States and Mexico. The junipers are more widespread latitudinally…
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The 1996 fire season illustrated the potential impacts of wildland fires on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered lands through numerous western states. During the 1996 fire season, over six million acres burned in the United States…
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Wildland fire operations are conducted in a high-risk environment. Individuals involved in all aspects of fire management are subject to the dangers of burnovers, vehicle and aircraft accidents, and medical emergencies. Between 1990 and 1998, 133…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Achillea millefolium (western yarrow) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Danthonia intermedia (timber oatgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia tripartita subsp. rupicola, Artemisia tripartita subsp. tripartita (Wyoming threetip sagebrush, tall threetip sagebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its…
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