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Perhaps one of the most critical decisions made by firefighters during daily fire management operations is the identification of suitable safety zones.
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The accumulation of canopy and surface fuels, coupled with a general warming of the climate, have contributed to an increase in the frequency, severity, and size of wildfires in the western United States.
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Before this project, Utah and eastern Nevada lacked dendrochronologically crossdated, site-specific fire and vegetation histories that provide crucial information for scientifically based fire, land, and natural resource management.
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A fire severity mapping system for real time fire management application and long-term planning.
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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) forests are declining across most of their range in North America because of the combined effects of three factors:
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Fire research over the last four decades has identified surface fuel loadings as important variables for determining the behavior and effects of wildland fires.
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This study will develop, evaluate, and compare methods or approaches to measure crown fuels and incorporate the crown fuel information into landscape-scale land use and planning processes.
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Wind is one of the most critical environmental factors affecting fire behavior and intensity.
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Natural resource managers use a variety of computer-mediated presentation methods to communicate with the public about ecosystem dynamics and management practices.
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Pollutant emissions from wildand fires can degrade air quality on local, regional, and continental scales.
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