Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources
Publisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"Serial no. 103-82, Committee on Agriculture."
Fire Policy and Related Forest Health Issues
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"Serial no. 103-82, Committee on Agriculture."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"Serial no. 103-82, Committee on Agriculture."
Fire Management in the American West
Author: Mark Hudson
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457111551
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Most journalists and academics attribute the rise of wildfires in the western United States to the USDA Forest Service's successful fire-elimination policies of the twentieth century. However, in Fire Management in the American West, Mark Hudson argues that although a century of suppression did indeed increase the hazard of wildfire, the responsibility does not lie with the USFS alone. The roots are found in the Forest Service's relationships with other, more powerful elements of society--the timber industry in particular. Drawing on correspondence both between and within the Forest Service and the major timber industry associations, newspaper articles, articles from industry outlets, and policy documents from the late 1800s through the present, Hudson shows how the US forest industry, under the constraint of profitability, pushed the USFS away from private industry regulation and toward fire exclusion, eventually changing national forest policy into little more than fire policy. More recently, the USFS has attempted to move beyond the policy of complete fire suppression. Interviews with public land managers in the Pacific Northwest shed light on the sources of the agency's struggles as it attempts to change the way we understand and relate to fire in the West. Fire Management in the American West will be of great interest to environmentalists, sociologists, fire managers, scientists, and academics and students in environmental history and forestry.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457111551
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Most journalists and academics attribute the rise of wildfires in the western United States to the USDA Forest Service's successful fire-elimination policies of the twentieth century. However, in Fire Management in the American West, Mark Hudson argues that although a century of suppression did indeed increase the hazard of wildfire, the responsibility does not lie with the USFS alone. The roots are found in the Forest Service's relationships with other, more powerful elements of society--the timber industry in particular. Drawing on correspondence both between and within the Forest Service and the major timber industry associations, newspaper articles, articles from industry outlets, and policy documents from the late 1800s through the present, Hudson shows how the US forest industry, under the constraint of profitability, pushed the USFS away from private industry regulation and toward fire exclusion, eventually changing national forest policy into little more than fire policy. More recently, the USFS has attempted to move beyond the policy of complete fire suppression. Interviews with public land managers in the Pacific Northwest shed light on the sources of the agency's struggles as it attempts to change the way we understand and relate to fire in the West. Fire Management in the American West will be of great interest to environmentalists, sociologists, fire managers, scientists, and academics and students in environmental history and forestry.
Forest Health and Wildfires
Author: Jack Hulsey
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Category : Wildfires
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
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Category : Wildfires
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West
Author: Lance R. Clark
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Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
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Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Effects of Thinning and Similar Stand Treatments on Fire Behavior in Western Forests
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Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
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Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Cascading Effects of Fire Exclusion in Rocky Mountain Ecosystems
Author: Robert E. Keane
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Category : Fire ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The health of many Rocky Mountain ecosystems is in decline because of the policy of excluding fire in the management of these ecosystems. Fire exclusion has actually made it more difficult to fight fires, and this poses greater risks to the people who fight fires and for those who live in and around Rocky Mountain forests and rangelands. This paper discusses the extent of fire exclusion in the Rocky Mountains, then details the diverse and cascading effects of suppressing fires in the Rocky Mountain landscape by spatial scale, characteristic, and vegetation type. Also discussed are the varied effects of fire exclusion on some important, keystone ecosystems and human concerns.
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Category : Fire ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The health of many Rocky Mountain ecosystems is in decline because of the policy of excluding fire in the management of these ecosystems. Fire exclusion has actually made it more difficult to fight fires, and this poses greater risks to the people who fight fires and for those who live in and around Rocky Mountain forests and rangelands. This paper discusses the extent of fire exclusion in the Rocky Mountains, then details the diverse and cascading effects of suppressing fires in the Rocky Mountain landscape by spatial scale, characteristic, and vegetation type. Also discussed are the varied effects of fire exclusion on some important, keystone ecosystems and human concerns.
Implementation of the National Fire Plan
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health
Publisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Fire Social Science Research from the Pacific Southwest Research Station
Author: Deborah J. Chavez
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437926193
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Fire events often have a large impact on recreation and tourism, yet these issues had not been addressed from a social science perspective. There are three distinct lines of research to address: examine values/attitudes and behaviors of recreation residence owners and year-round residents in the wildland-urban interface; examine recreationists¿ perceptions about fire suppression and postfire forest health issues; and examine perceptions and beliefs about recreation activities and impacts to fire-prone ecosystems in the wildland-urban interface. This report includes 17 of these studies grouped into four major topical headings: recreation use research, commun. research, program eval. and interface residents research, and trust research. Charts and tables.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437926193
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Fire events often have a large impact on recreation and tourism, yet these issues had not been addressed from a social science perspective. There are three distinct lines of research to address: examine values/attitudes and behaviors of recreation residence owners and year-round residents in the wildland-urban interface; examine recreationists¿ perceptions about fire suppression and postfire forest health issues; and examine perceptions and beliefs about recreation activities and impacts to fire-prone ecosystems in the wildland-urban interface. This report includes 17 of these studies grouped into four major topical headings: recreation use research, commun. research, program eval. and interface residents research, and trust research. Charts and tables.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1484
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1484
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1482
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1482
Book Description