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http://www.talltimbers.org
Tall Timbers Research Station E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database
http://www.fire.blm.gov/textdocuments/sadlerreport.pdf
This
website is a report on an incident that occurred on the Sadler Complex
in Elko, Nevada.
Six firefighters were treated for injuries that occurred while
fighting a fire here.
http://www.firewise.org
This
website is dedicated to providing current news from around the world on
wildfires and protection in the wildland urban interface, WUI.
Protection of homes and communities is the primary focus.
http://fire.r9.fws.gov/pftc/
This
website is the home of the
National
Interagency
Prescribed
Fire
Training
Center.
This organization provides training to increase skills in the
application of prescribed fire primarily for agency and NGO personnel.
http://fire.nifc.nps.gov/mats/mats.asp
This
website is a Multi agency Training Schedule (MATS) at the Prescribed Fire
Training
Center.
It provides a schedule of training courses for federal, state and
local agencies.
http://www.nps.gov/fire
This is the
National Park Service Fire and Aviation Management web site.
http://www.firecache.com
Website for
The Supply Cache Inc. catalog.
They provide equipment for wildland firefighting and prescribed
burning.
http://www.wffoundation.org/
Wildland Firefighter Foundation
http://www.nifc.gov
National Interagency Fire Center
http://www.nwcg.gov/
National Wildfire Coordination Group
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/firewx/firewx.html
Fire Weather Forecast National Weather Service Birmingham, AL
http://fire.boi.noaa.gov/
National Weather Service National Fire Weather Page
http://www.cricketsoftware.com/
Wildland Fire Simulations and Training for Wildland Firefighters
http://www.forestry.state.al.us/Weather.htm
Alabama
Forestry Commission -- Forestry Weather Information & Fire Management
Information
http://remsoft.com/index.php
Remsoft Inc. - Software; fire behavior modeling
www.fs.fed.us/fire
BehavePlus fire behavior modeling
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U. S.
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130 p.
Boyer, William D. 1987. Volume growth loss: a hidden cost of
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Brown, A.A.; Davis, K.P 1973. Forest
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New York: McGraw-Hill. 584 p.
Burgan, Robert E.; Rothermel, Richard C. 1984. BEHAVE: Fire
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Asheville,
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Countryman, Clive M. 1971. This humidity business: whats its all
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Berkeley,
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Croker, Thomas C., Jr. 1967. Cropseedling method for planning
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Golden, Michael S. 1987. Development and evaluation of lowcost
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Ga.
For. Res. Pap. 71. Macon,
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Grano, Charles X. 1970. Eradicating understory hardwoods by
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Asheville,
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Hough, W.A.; Albini, RA. 1978. Predicting fire behavior in
palmettogallberry fuel complexes. Res. Pap. SE-174. Asheville, NC:
U.S.
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Hughes, Ralph. 1975. The native vegetation in south Florida related to month of burning. Res.
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Johansen, Ragnar W. 1981. Windrows vs. small piles for forest
debris disposal. Fire Management Notes. 42(2): 7-9.
Johansen, R.W. 1984. Prescribed burning with spot fires in the
Georgia Coastal Plain. Ga.
For. Res. Pap. 49. Macon,
GA: Georgia Forestry Commission. 7 p.
Johansen, R.W. 1985. Is aerial ignition a panacea to the southern
prescribed burner? In: Shoulders,
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silvicultural research conference; 1984 November 7-8;
Atlanta, GA. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-54.
New Orleans: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest
Experiment Station: 514-518.
Johansen, Ragnar W. 1987. Ignition patterns & prescribed fire
behavior in southern pine stands.
Ga.
For. Res. Pap. 72. Macon,
GA: Georgia Forestry Commission. 6 p.
Johansen, Ragnar W.; McNab, W. Henry 1977. Estimating logging
residue weights from standing slash pine for prescribed burns. Southern
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Johansen, R.W.; Wade, D .D. 1987. An insight into thinning young
slash pine stands with fire. In: Proceedings of the fourth biennial
southern silvicultural research conference; 1986
November 4-6; Atlanta,
GA. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-42.
Asheville,
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Johansen, Ragnar W.; Wade, Dale D. 1987. Effects of crown scorch
on survival and diameter growth of slash pines. Southern Journal of
Applied Forestry. 11(4): 180-184.
Johnson, Von J. 1984. Estimating moisture content in litter.
Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 8(4): 197-201.
Lavdas, Leonidas G. 1986. An atmospheric dispersion index for
prescribed burning. Res. Pap. SE-256.
Asheville,
NC: US. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 33 p.
Lewis, Clifford E.; Harshbarger, Thomas J. 1986. Burning and
grazing effects on bobwhite foods in the southeastern Coastal Plain.
Wildlife Society Bulletin. 14(4): 455-459.
Liliehohn, Robert J.; Hu, ShihChang. 1987. Effect of crown scorch
on mortality and diameter growth of 19-year-old-loblolly pine. Southern
Journal of Applied Forestry. 11(4): 209-211.
Lotan, James E. (and others). 1981. Effects of fire on flora: a
state of knowledge review. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-16. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 71 p.
Lunsford, James. 1987. Prescribed fire in the Southeast-five
steps to a successful burn. Fire Management Notes. 48(3): 30-35.
Lyon, L. Jack (and others). 1978. Effects of fire on fauna: a
state of knowledge review. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-6. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 22 p.
Martin, Robert E. (and others). 1979. Effects of fire on fuels; a
state of knowledge review. Gen. Tech. Pap. WO-13. Washington: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 64 p.
McKevin, Martha R.; McKee, William H., Jr. 1986. Long-term
prescribed burning increases nutrient uptake and growth of loblolly pine
seedlings. Forest Ecology and Managment. 17(4): 245-252.
McMinn, James W. (and others). 1987. Pre-harvest estimation of
logging residues in middle
Georgia.
Ga. For.
Res. Pap. 73. Macon, GA: Georgia Forestry Commission. 6 p.
McNab, W. Henry. 1976. Prescribed burning and direct-seeding old
clearcuts in the Piedmont. Res. Note
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Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest
Experiment Station. 4 p.
McPherson, Guy R.; Rasmussen, G. Allen; Wright, Henry A.; Britton, Carlton M. 1986.
Getting started in prescribed burning. Management Note 9. Lubbock: Texas Tech University, Texas
Tech Range and Wildlife Manage.
Dept.
5 p.
Mobley, Hugh E.; Kerr, Ed. 1973. Wildfire versus prescribed fire
in the southern environment.
Atlanta:
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Southeastern Area, State and Private
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Paul, James T.; Lavdas, Leonidas G.; Wells, Wesley. 1987. Use of
general weather and Dispersion Index to minimize the impact of smoke on
highway visibility. Ga.
Forest Res. Pap. 69. Macon, GA:
Georgia
Forestry Commission. 10 p.
Prescribed Fire and Fire Effects Working Team, National Wildfire
Coordinating Group. 1985. Prescribed fire smoke management guide.
Publication 420-1. NFES No. 1279.
Boise,
ID: Boise Interagency Fire Center.
28 p.
Pyne, Steven J.
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)
Rothermel, Richard. 1983. How to predict the spread and intensity
of forest and range fires. Gen Tech. Rep. INT-143. Ogden, UT:
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.
161 p.
Sackett, Steven S. 1975. Scheduling prescribed burns for hazard
reduction in the Southeast. Journal of Forestry. 73(3): 143-147.
Sandberg, DV (and others). 1979. Effects of fire on air: a state
of knowledge review. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-9. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 40 p.
Schroeder, Mark J.; Buck, Charles C. 1970. Fire weather. Agric.
Handb. 360. Washington:
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
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Seigel, William C. 1985. Legal implications of prescribed burning
in the South. In: Proceedings on Prescribed Fire and Smoke Management in
the South Conference; 1984 September 12-14;
Atlanta,
GA. Asheville, NC:
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station: 77- 85.
Tiedemann, Arthur R. (and others). 1979. Effects of fire on
water: a state of knowledge review. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-10. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 28 p.
U .S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest
Experiment Station. Prescribed burning symposium. 1971 April 14-16. Charleston SC. Asheville, NC.
160 p.
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1976.
Southern forestry smoke management guidebook. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-10. Asheville, NC.
140 p.
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service. 1977. Fire by prescription symposium; 1976 October 13-15; Atlanta. Washington. 127 p.
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1985.
Prescribed fire and smoke management in the South: Proceedings of a
symposium; 1984 September 12-14;
Atlanta, GA. Asheville, NC. 194 p.
U .S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Region.
1988. Draft environmental impact statement: vegetation management in the
Costal Plain/Piedmont. Vol. I and lI. Mange. Bull. R8-MB 15. Atlanta.
Van Lear, D.H; Danielovich, S .J. 1988. Soil movement after
broadcast burning in the southern Appalachians.
Southern Journal of Applied Science. 12(1): 49-53.
Villarrnbia, C.R.; Chambers J.L. 1978. Fire, its effect on growth
and survival of loblolly pine, Pinus taeda L. Louisiana Academy of
Science. 41: 85-93.
Wade, Dale D. 1983. Fire management in the slash pine ecosystem.
In: Proceedings, the managed slash pine ecosystem. 1981 June 9-11; Gainesville, FL. Gainesville, FL:
University of Florida, School of Forest
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Wade Dale D. 1986. Linking fire behavior to its effects on living
plant tissue. In: Proceedings of the 1986 Society of American Foresters
National Convention; 1986 October 5-8;
Birmingham, AL. Bethesda, MD: Society of American
Foresters. 112-116.
Wade, Dale D.; Johansen, R.W. 1986. Effects of fire on southern
pine: observations and recommendations. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-41. Asheville, NC:
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
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Wade, Dale D.; Lewis, Clifford E. 1987. Managing southern grazing
ecosystems with fire. Rangelands. 9(3): 115-119.
Wade, Dale D.; Wilhite,
Lawrence
P. 1981. Low intensity burn prior to bedding and planting slash pine
is of little value. In: Proceedings, 1st southern silvicultural research
conference; 1980 November 6 7;
Atlanta, GA. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-34.
New Orleans: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southern Forest Experiment Station: 70 74.
Waldrop, Thomas A. (and others). 1987. Long term studies of
prescribed burning in loblolly pine forests of the Southeastern Coastal
Plain. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-45.
Asheville,
NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest
Experiment Station. 23 p.
Weise, David R.; Johansen, R.W.; Wade, Dale D. 1987. Effects of
spring defoliation on first-year growth of young loblolly and slash
pines. Res. Note SE-347.
Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest
Experiment Station. 4 p.
Wells, Carol G. (and others). 1979. Effects of fire on soil: a
state of knowledge review. Gen. Tech. Rep. W07. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 34 p.
For information about articles,
contact: USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, Fire and Aviation Staff
Unit, 1720 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30367 or USDA Forest Service,
Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, PO.
Box 2680, Asheville, NC 28802
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