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It is now widely acknowledged that frequent low-intensity fires once structured many western forests. What is not generally recognized, however, is that most of those fires were purposefully set by native people, not started by lightning. Data from…
Author(s): Charles E. Kay
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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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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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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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The varied topics presented in these symposium proceedings represent the diverse nature of the Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project (BEMRP). Separated into six sections, the papers cover the different themes researched by BEMRP…
Author(s): Helen Y. Smith
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This article examines the relationship between group management styles and the effectiveness of group decision making. The researchers first identified conflict management styles and then analyzed group decisions and their effectiveness. The results…
Author(s): Timothy Kuhn, M. Scott Poole
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As the intensity of the debates concerning land use assessments and planning inexorably increase, and the resultant allocation of increasingly scarce natural re-sources produces winners and losers, there is a parallel and in-creasing demand for the…
Author(s): Jack Ward Thomas, James Burchfield
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This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on flora and fuels can assist land managers with ecosystem and fire management planning and in their efforts to inform others about the ecological role of fire. Chapter topics include fire…
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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 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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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Koeleria macrantha (prairie Junegrass) 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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Fires affect animals mainly through effects on their habitat. Fires often cause short-term increases in wildlife foods that contribute to increases in populations of some animals. These increases are moderated by the animals' ability to thrive in…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Achnatherum thurberiana (Thurber needlegrass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): Amy Archer
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Creating a learning organization is a much needed, yet difficult to implement asset for any organization. While most managers agree on the importance of building this skill, few understand how to get started, what tools and techniques are needed, or…
Author(s): David Garvin
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This study documented the long-term (>10 years) impact of fire on sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus Bonaparte) nesting and brood-rearing habitats on the Upper Snake River Plain in southeastern Idaho.
Author(s): Pamela J. Nelle, Kerry P. Reese, John W. Connelly
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Prunus virginiana (chokecherry) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Kathleen A. Johnson
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Smoke exposure measurements among firefighters at wildfires in the Western United States between 1992 and 1995 showed that altogether most exposures were not significant, between 3 and 5 percent of the shift-average exposures exceeded occupational…
Author(s): Timothy E. Reinhardt, Roger D. Ottmar
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Quercus gambelii (Gambel oak) 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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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Calamagrostis rubescens (pinegrass) 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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The implementation of properly designed treatments to restore and sustain desired forest conditions in the Inland Northwest, besides moving forest stands more rapidly to an ecologically desirable and sustainable condition, can generate positive…
Author(s): Charles E. Keegan, Carl E. Fiedler
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