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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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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 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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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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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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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 assessment of Montana used data collected from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plots across Montana and summarized by forest type, density, and structure. The focus of the analysis was on ponderosa pine/Douglas fir/ dry mixed conifer…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pseudoroegneria spicata (bluebunch wheatgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
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In this chapter, Kantor and Ober introduce a model for dealing with conflicts that arise when employees are resistant to organizational change. Change situations are high stakes situations that cause greater fear and anxiety than low stakes…
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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 Achnatheruum hymenoides (Indian ricegrass) 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 “Harvard Method,” as it is sometimes called, emphasizes the importance of easy two-way communication. Yet in both negotiations and daily life, for good reasons or bad, we often don’t talk to each other, and don’t want to. And sometimes when we…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata (basin big sagebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also…
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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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Fuel treatment activities are analyzed at the landscape scale by using both simulation and optimization. Simulating vegetative patterns and processes at landscape scales (SIMPPLLE), a stochastic simulation modeling system, is initially applied to…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Symphoricarpos oreophilus (mountain snowberry) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
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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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Forest scientists ask that everyone, from the home gardener to the forest manager, help revive western white pine by planting it everywhere, even in nonforest environments such as our neighborhood streets, parks, and backyards. White pine, long ago…
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In every organization, things go wrong. For the most part, these errors are minor and often go unnoticed. However, when disaster occurs, external pressure often forces the exposure of many of the failures that occur within an organization. Thus, a…
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In the West, thinning and partial cuttings are being considered for treating millions of forested acres that are overstocked and prone to wildfire. The objectives of these treatments include tree growth redistribution, tree species regulation,…
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