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Author(s): Richard A. Marston, David H. Haire
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A forest fire followed by an intense convectional rainstorm caused a 100-year flood in the Beaver Creek drainage. This study documented changes in resident trout populations and use of the stream by adfluvial spawning fish. Two months after the…
Author(s): Mark A. Novak, Robert G. White
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Biomass and hydrocarbon fuel fires are two common sources of obscuring smoke which present significant operational challenges over a broad range of possible viewing wavelengths. This is especially true of very large fires where the primary smoke…
Author(s): Lawrence F. Radke, Dean A. Hegg, J. David Nance, Jaime H. Lyons, Krista K. Laursen, R. J. Ferek, Peter V. Hobbs, Raymond E. Weiss
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Whitebark pine ecosystems are an important element of many of the most spectacular high-elevation landscapes in the western United States. They occupy upper subalpine and timberline zones in the prime recreation lands of the Cascades, the Sierra…
Author(s): David N. Cole
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The authors explain the ways in which uncertainty is an important factor in the problems of risk and policy analysis. This book outlines the source and nature of uncertainty, discusses techniques for obtaining and using expert judgment, and reviews…
Author(s): M. Granger Morgan, Max Henrion
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Vaccinium myrtilloides (velvetleaf blueberry) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the…
Author(s): D. A. Tirmenstein
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An empirical model for predicting deposition of coarse-textured debris flows in confined mountain channels is developed based on field measurements of 14 debris flows in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. The model uses two criteria for deposition:…
Author(s): Lee E. Benda, Terrance W. Cundy
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Actaea rubra (red baneberry) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Marilyn F. Crane
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Military misfortunes are complex and involve not only individual failures in judgment or action, but also organizational failures rooted in the values each military organization upholds. This book uses examples from several military battles to…
Author(s): Eliot A. Cohen, John Gooch
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Regardless of the mixture of land management objectives, quantification of the type of stands that will meet these objectives, target stands, is needed. Quantification of target stands is essential as the starting point for the diagnosis of…
Author(s): Jimmie D. Chew
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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is a valuable wildlife resource in the western United States and southwestern Canada. Its large seeds are a preferred food for a variety of birds and mammals, especially Clark's nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana),…
Author(s): Katherine Kendall, Stephen F. Arno
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This article discusses social considerations with respect to public wildland forest fire policy. Social attitudes, beliefs and behavioral intentions of wildland fire are described as well as the public's knowledge of the effects of fire. This study…
Author(s): Michael J. Manfredo, Martin Fishbein, Glenn E. Haas, Alan E. Watson
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Alnus rubra (red alder) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species' taxonomy,…
Author(s): Ronald Uchytil
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Alnus rhombifolia (white alder) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Janet L. Fryer
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As with any other skill, the ability to make effective decisions can be taught and improved upon. Russo and Shoemaker provide a guide to systematic decision making by delineating several key points in the decision making process. The first step in…
Author(s): J. Edward Russo, Paul J. H. Shoemaker
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Make Every Decision Your Best Decision Executives rate decision-making ability as the most important business skill, but few people have the training they need to make good decisions consistently. Becoming a good decision-maker is like training to…
Author(s): J. Edward Russo, Paul J. H. Schoemaker
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Rubus ursinus (trailing blackberry) 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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Fire has been used inconsistently to manage native and tame grasslands in the Northern Great Plains (NGP) of the north-central U.S. and south-central Canada, particularly the grasslands found in prairies, plains, agricultural land retirement…
Author(s): Kenneth F. Higgins, Arnold D. Kruse, James L. Piehl
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Salix lemmonii (Lemmons willow) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, and fire management considerations. Information is also provided on the species'…
Author(s): Ronald Uchytil
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Fire affects spawning areas and food habitat in streams by indirectly influencing waterflow, nutrients, erosion, sedimentation, debris, and water temperature. The response of vegetation following fire is the most important factor affecting aquatic…
Author(s): James K. Brown
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