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Stocks, McRae, Lynham, Hartley
This photo-series was designed to present photographs and a detailed inventory of fuels for important stands in the Boreal and Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Forest Regions of Ontario. Over the last 20 years, an experimental burning program conducted by…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Sumrall, Roundy, Cox
High seedling emergence of the exotic Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) after burning is due mainly to removal of the overstory grass canopy. Canopy removal increases germinability and emergence by changing the light and temperature…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Taylor
Recreation is of increasing importance in forest environments. Fire has both short-term effects, trail closures, smoke impacts; and long-term effects, residual 'scars,' potential hazards, on forest recreation. The general public is gaining…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Severson, Rinne
Historically, prescribed fire has been used as a management tool primarily to create habitat diversity in all upper elevation (>5,000-ft) vegetation types. Research is needed on the feasibility of using this tool in riparian-stream areas and in…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Harrington, Hawksworth
A ponderosa pine stand infected with dwarf mistletoe was prescribed burned in Grand Canyon National Park. The degree of dwarf mistletoe infection positively influenced the degree of crown scorch. Amount of scorch was the dominant factor in first-…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Ffolliott
Fire, either as a natural occurrence or a management tool, can have beneficial effects on the environment, and its use offers opportunities for reducing fuel loads, disposing of slash, preparing seedbeds, thinning stands, increasing herbaceous plant…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Ffolliott, Guertin
A prescribed fire was set to consume three-fourths of the forest floor depth in a ponderosa pine forest. Evaluations of the effects of the prescribed fire were made 1 month, and 1, 2, 11, and 24 years after the fire. The objective of the fire was…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Brock, DeBano
Soil samples collected from a chaparral community in central Arizona before and after a prescribed fire were tested for water repellency. Preburn soils were found to have the most severe water repellency in the surface 0-2 cm layer, which decreased…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Daniel
Obstacles to public acceptance of prescribed fire include misunderstanding of fire in forest ecosystems, concerned risk to life and property and assumed adverse effects on scenic and recreation values. Increased appreciation of the ecological,…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Wakimoto
The public outcry about the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park and adjacent natural forests, coupled with concern among natural resource managers, convinced the Secretaries of the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to establish the Fire…
Year: 1990
Type: Document