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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…
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In this study, Patriotta examines the ways in which an organization’s workers experience the “everyday routines, interaction, and events that constitute both individual and social practices”. He studies the narratives that are told within an…
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Airborne laser altimetry provides an unprecedented view of the forest floor in timber fuel types and is a promising new tool for fuels assessments. It can be used to resolve two fuel models under closed canopies and may be effective for estimating…
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Predictive capacity is needed to anticipate the consequences of global change. Along with the computational challenges inherent in accounting for uncertainly in models of ecological and physical processes related to global change, we face…
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Application of crown fire behavior models in fire management decision-making have been limited by the difficulty of quantitatively describing fuel complexes, specifically characteristics of the canopy fuel stratum. To estimate canopy fuel stratum…
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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…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Artemisia rigida (stiff sagebrush) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management considerations.…
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This paper examines how acceptance of wildland fire management actions is affected by fire-specific situational factors. Respondents' evaluated the acceptability of 'immediately extinguishing a fire,' 'letting the fire burn in a contained area,' or…
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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…
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Mapping the cheatgrass-caused departure from historical natural fire regimes in the Great Basin, USA
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…
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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…
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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.…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Sisymbrium altissimum (tumble mustard) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and…
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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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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Descurainia sophia (flixweed tansymustard) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes,…
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