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Decades of fire absence from ponderosa pine/Douglas fir forests has resulted in overstocked, unhealthy, and severe fireprone stands requiring management attention. Prescribed fire can be used in three general situations during restoration management…
Author(s): Michael G. Harrington
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Shaded fuelbreaks and larger landscape fuel treatments, such as prescribed fire, are receiving renewed interest as forest protection strategies in the western United States. The effectiveness of fuelbreaks remains a subject of debate because of…
Author(s): James K. Agee, Bernhard Bahro, Mark A. Finney, Philip N. Omi, David B. Sapsis, Carl N. Skinner, Jan W. van Wagtendonk, Charles P. Weatherspoon
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This paper reports on an application of two modeling systems in the assessment and planning effort for a 58,038-acre area on the Bitterroot National Forest: SIMulating Vegetative Patterns and Processes at Landscape ScaLEs (SIMPPLLE), and Multi-…
Author(s): J. Greg Jones, Jimmie D. Chew, Nan K. Christianson, D. J. Silvieus, Catherine A. Stewart
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Sporobolus cryptandrus (sand dropseed) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species…
Author(s): Kevin A. Simonin
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The year 1999 marks the 50th anniversary of the Mann Gulch Fire that occurred in western Montana on August 5, 1949 (Matthews 1999). There has been considerable interest amongst the Canadian wildland fire community in the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire ever…
Author(s): Martin E. Alexander
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Abies grandis (grand fir) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species' taxonomy,…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard, Keith Aleksoff
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Festuca idahoensis (Idaho fescue) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Kristin L. Zouhar
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Geomorphological processes that commonly transport soil down hillslopes and sediment and woody debris through stream systems in steep, mountainous, forest landscapes can operate in sequence down gravitational flowpaths, forming a cascade of…
Author(s): Futoshi Nakamura, Frederick J. Swanson, Steven M. Wondzell
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Fire is a key ecological process within most ecosystems in the United States and Canada. An understanding of factors controlling the initial response of vegetation to fire is essential to its management. Fire effects on plants can vary significantly…
Author(s): Melanie Miller
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Wilber provides a brief overview of a “Theory of Everything,” which attempts to include matter, body, mind, soul, and spirit as they appear in self, culture, and nature. This theory provides an integral vision, which is a more holistic approach to…
Author(s): Ken Wilber
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We assessed the influence of riparian disturbance on 26 stream variables in Linesville Creek and six tributaries, in northwestern Pennsylvania, USA. Redundancy analysis, a canonical ordination technique. was used in three separate analyses to test…
Author(s): M. Henry H. Stevens, Kenneth W. Cummins
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According to Nutt, decisions that fail in organizations can be traced to managers who impose decisions, limit the search for alternatives, and use power to implement plans. Nutt finds that managers who make the need for action clear, set objectives…
Author(s): Paul C. Nutt
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In this book, Isaacs argues that we should learn to kindle and sustain a new conversational spirit in our relationships, organizations, and communities. A conversational spirit will help us in times of frustration and conflict and help us work…
Author(s): William Isaacs
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Bouteloua hirsuta (hairy grama) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Elena Zlatnik
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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…
Author(s): Janet L. Howard
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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…
Author(s): D. A. Tirmenstein
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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…
Author(s): Carl E. Fiedler, Charles E. Keegan, Daniel P. Wichman, Stephen F. Arno
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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…
Author(s): Kevin R. Russell, David H. Van Lear, David C. Guynn, Jr.
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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…
Author(s): G. Allen Rasmussen, Robin J. Tausch, Stephen C. Bunting
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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…
Author(s): Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme, Robert H. Gardner
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