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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Bos bison (American bison) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species' taxonomy…
Author(s): Julie L. Tesky
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This article is a detailed reconstruction of firefighter behavior and personal protective equipment use on the South Canyon Fire.  Putnam reveals two failures that contributed to the deaths of 14 firefighters.  First, many firefighters…
Author(s): Ted Putnam
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Philadelphus lewisii (Lewis' mockorange) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Jennifer H. Carey
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Prescribed fire is an important management tool to increase herbaceous productivity and maintain seral communities of Intermountain sagebrush grasslands. Currently, pastures treated with prescribed fire are rested from livestock grazing before…
Author(s): Steven J. Jirik, Stephen C. Bunting
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The interaction of large-scale fire, vegetation, and ungulates is an important management issue in Yellowstone National Park. A spatially explicit individual-based simulation model was developed to explore the effects of fire scale and pattern on…
Author(s): Monica G. Turner, Yegang Wu, Linda L. Wallace, William H. Romme, Antoinette Brenkert
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Aquila chrysaetos (golden eagle) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Julie L. Tesky
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The severity and extent of recent fires (1979-1990) were compared with that of presettlement fires (pre-1935) by eight major forest types in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (SBW) in Idaho and Montana. Presettlement fire intervals were determined…
Author(s): James K. Brown, Stephen F. Arno, Stephen W. Barrett, James P. Menakis
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Ratibida columnifera (upright prairie coneflower) 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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This fieldbook, though dated, remains an excellent resource for anyone interested in using the principles of learning organizations in a field setting. It is a companion to Senge’s book, “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning…
Author(s): Peter Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard Ross, Bryan Smith
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The objective of this paper is to examine whether the severity and great extent of the 1988 Yellow-stone fires impacted the water quality of two of Yellowstone's major lakes. Analysis of water quality records for Yellowstone and Lewis Lakes…
Author(s): R. G. Lathrop
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Festuca subulata (bearded fescue) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Lora L. Esser
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Sagebrush seedling establishment appeared to be strongly related to moisture availability as influenced by ecological site, soil surface texture, herbaceous competition, microtopography, seedling year precipitation, exposure, position on slope, etc…
Author(s): Mike Boltz
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Janet Sullivan
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Chimaphila umbellata (pipsissewa) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Robin F. Matthews
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Bromus vulgaris (Columbia brome) 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 Tympanuchus phasianellus (sharp-tailed grouse) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Julie L. Tesky
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A 1992 study of serotiny in lodgepole pine (Pinuscontorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia Engelm.) in Yellowstone National Park asked four questions: (i) are there morphological characteristics that can be used to estimate pre-fire proportion of…
Author(s): Daniel B. Tinker, William H. Romme, William W. Hargrove, Robert H. Gardner, Monica G. Turner
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Hierochloe odorata (sweetgrass) 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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Total particulate matter (PM) emissions were estimated for recent fires (1979-1990) and the presettlement period (prior to 1935) in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (SBW) in Idaho and Montana. Recent period emissions were calculated by 10-day…
Author(s): James K. Brown, Larry S. Bradshaw
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Carex capitata (capitate sedge) 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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