A global assemblage of regional prescribed burn records — GlobalRx [PDF]
Scientific DataPrescribed burning (RxB) is a land management tool used widely for reducing wildfire hazard, restoring biodiversity, and managing natural resources. However, RxB can only be carried out safely and effectively under certain seasonal or weather conditions.
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Effectiveness of prescribed burn health risk communication on community and individual smoke-protective decision making using protective action theories [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundPrescribed burns are a land management tool with several cultural and ecological benefits. However, they can produce enough smoke to result in adverse health effects increasing the importance of prescribed burn health risk communication.
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A model for solving the prescribed burn planning problem. [PDF]
Springerplus, 2015 The increasing frequency of destructive wildfires, with a consequent loss of life and property, has led to fire and land management agencies initiating extensive fuel management programs. This involves long-term planning of fuel reduction activities such as prescribed burning or mechanical clearing. In this paper, we propose a mixed integer programming
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Rural Leaders’ Perspectives on Prescribed Burns: A Qualitative Study [PDF]
Environmental Health InsightsPrescribed burning, the intentional application of fire to landscapes, is a crucial tool for land management. It aids in forest rejuvenation and controls nuisance species.
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Experimental Design of a Prescribed Burn Instrumentation
Atmosphere, 2018 Observational data collected during experiments, such as the planned Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE), are critical for evaluating and transitioning coupled fire-atmosphere models like WRF-SFIRE and WRF-SFIRE-CHEM into operational use.
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Is Wildfire Suppression in Giant Sequoia Groves a Problem, a Solution, or Neither? [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionIn 1910, the U.S. federal government began an official policy of suppressing wildfires. Decades later it became understood that the giant sequoia, the world's most massive tree, is serotinous and depends upon fire to effectively reproduce. For a century,
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Socio-demographic and health vulnerability in prescribed-burn exposed versus unexposed counties near the National Forest System [PDF]
Science of the Total Environment, 2022 Michelle C Kondo +2 more
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Environment InternationalAmbient air quality across the southeastern US has improved substantially in recent decades. However, emissions from prescribed burns remain high, which may pose a substantial health threat.
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Signatures of prescribed fire in the microbial communities of Cornus florida are largely undetectable five months post-fire [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Prescribed burn is a management tool that influences the physical structure and composition of forest plant communities and their associated microorganisms.
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EDIS, 2023 This publication gives an introductory overview of the role of fire in forest systems, the benefits of using prescribed fire as a part of forest management, and the necessary safety and regulatory precautions that landowners and land managers need to ...
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