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Author(s): Bruce E. Rieman, Robert E. Gresswell, Michael K. Young, Charles H. Luce
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Fire-dependent lodgepole pine stands comprise significant acreages of mid and upper-elevation forests in the Northern Rockies, providing wood products, wildlife habitat, livestock forage, water, recreational opportunities, and expansive viewsheds.…
Author(s): Ward W. McCaughey
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This resource is a special issue of Fire Management Today that includes articles on fire behavior and descriptions of specific large fires that have important lessons in fire fighter safety.
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Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is an exotic grass that has increased fire hazard on millions of square kilometers of semi-arid rangelands in the western United States. Cheatgrass aggressively out competes native vegetation after fire and significantly…
Author(s): James P. Menakis, Dianne Osborne, Melanie Miller
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Potentilla recta (sulfur cinquefoil) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and…
Author(s): Kristin L. Zouhar
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Increased runoff and erosion commonly occur after wildfires with the onset of precipitation events. Various erosion mitigation treatments are often used after wildfires to reduce flooding and sedimentation. The effectiveness of these treatments has…
Author(s): Peter R. Robichaud, Robert E. Brown
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Behavior and biology of many forest pests are tied to major forest disturbances and succession. Fire is the principal disturbance in the forests of the western United States. Fire regimes as well as distribution and behavior of forest pests and…
Author(s): Geral I. McDonald, Jeffrey S. Evans, Thomas M. Rice, Eva K. Strand
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Storm-driven episodes of gully erosion and landsliding produce large influxes of sediment to stream channels that have both immediate, often detrimental, impacts on aquatic communities and long-term consequences that are essential in the creation…
Author(s): Daniel Miller, Charles H. Luce, Lee E. Benda
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From documents related to the 1994 South Canyon fire in Colorado, Larson examines how two worldviews presented by J.R. Taylor in his book, “Rethinking the theory of organizational communication: how to read an organization” function as sensemaking…
Author(s): Gregory Larson
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Fire whirls are a typically rare but potentially catastrophic form of fire. They are observed during urban and forest fires, where fire "tornadoes" are characterized by large-scale whirling flames which rise in 2 to 360 m diameter…
Author(s): Robert N. Meroney
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Fire severity was evaluated in eight recent wildfires with standardized methods in adjacent treated and untreated stands. Sampled sites occurred in a variety of conifer forests throughout the Western United States. Treatments included reduction of…
Author(s): Erik J. Martinson, Philip N. Omi
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For several decades after the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, protection of its biological and other resources was haphazard. For example, elk and bison were exploited to near extinction, prompting aggressive protection of them,…
Author(s): Malcolm M. Furniss, Roy A. Renkin
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In 2000, wildfires burned more than 200,000 acres on the Bitterroot National Forest of Montana and nearly 1.5 million acres in the Northern and Intermountain Regions. Management activities associated with fire suppression and post-fire restoration…
Author(s): Elaine Kennedy Sutherland
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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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Catchpole et al. (1998) reported rates of spread for 357 heading and no-wind fires burned in the wind tunnel facility of the USDA Forest Service's Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, Montana for the purpose of developing models of wildland…
Author(s): Ralph M. Nelson
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Synthesis of published research on the responses of stream benthic macroinvertebrates to fire in western United States indicates a consistent pattern of response that can guide resource management and future research. Direct effects of fire…
Author(s): G. Wayne Minshall
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We documented immediate and mid-term (5 y) impacts on streams from a large (15,500 ha) wildfire in northwestern Montana. Fire-related impacts were ecosystem-wide, extending from water chemistry to fish. During the initial firestorm, phosphorus and…
Author(s): Craig N. Spencer, Kristin O. Gabel, F. Richard Hauer
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pinus contorta var. latifolia (Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire…
Author(s): Michelle B. Anderson
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Native American land management practices could revive the processes needed to maintain the classic ecosystems and cultural integrity of our nation parks.
Author(s): M. Kat Anderson, Michael G. Barbour
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Tamarix chinensis, Tamarix gallica, Tamarix parviflora, Tamarix ramosissima (tamarisk, French tamarisk, small-flowered tamarisk, saltcedar) to fire--how fire affects the species…
Author(s): Kristin L. Zouhar
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