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Prescribed burn related increases of population exposure to PM2.5 and O3 pollution in the southeastern US over 2013–2020

Environment International
Ambient 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.
Kamal J. Maji, Zongrun Li, Yongtao Hu, Ambarish Vaidyanathan, Jennifer D. Stowell, Chad Milando, Gregory Wellenius, Patrick L. Kinney, Armistead G. Russell, M. Talat Odman   +9 more
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Socio-demographic and health vulnerability in prescribed-burn exposed versus unexposed counties near the National Forest System. [PDF]

Sci Total Environ, 2022
Kondo MC, Reid CE, Mockrin MH, Heilman WE, Long D.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Season of prescribed burns and management of an early successional species affect flower density and pollinator activity in a pine savanna ecosystem [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
In the age of changing fire regimes, land managers often rely on prescribed burns to promote high diversity of herbaceous plants. Yet, little is known about how the timing of prescribed burns interacts with other ecological factors to maintain ...
Opeyemi A. Adedoja, Raelene M. Crandall, Rachel E. Mallinger   +2 more
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Spatiotemporal Prescribed Fire Patterns in Washington State, USA

Fire, 2021
We investigate the spatiotemporal patterns of prescribed fire and wildfire within Washington State, USA using records from the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Harry Podschwit, Colton Miller, Ernesto Alvarado   +2 more
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Barriers to Prescribed Fire in the US Great Plains, Part II: Critical Review of Presently Used and Potentially Expandable Solutions

Land, 2022
This is the second paper of a two-part series on the barriers to prescribed fire use in the Great Plains of the USA. While the first part presented a systematic review of published papers on the barriers to prescribed fire use, specifically regarding ...
Autumn S. Clark, Devan Allen McGranahan, Benjamin A. Geaumont, Carissa L. Wonkka, Jacqueline P. Ott, Urs P. Kreuter   +5 more
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Downwind Fire and Smoke Detection during a Controlled Burn—Analyzing the Feasibility and Robustness of Several Downwind Wildfire Sensing Modalities through Real World Applications

Fire, 2023
Wildfires have played an increasing role in wreaking havoc on communities, livelihoods, and ecosystems globally, often starting in remote regions and rapidly spreading into inhabited areas where they become difficult to suppress due to their size and ...
Patrick Chwalek, Hall Chen, Prabal Dutta, Joshua Dimon, Sukh Singh, Constance Chiang, Thomas Azwell   +6 more
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Impact of opioid law on prescriptions and satisfaction of pediatric burn and orthopedic patients: An epidemiologic study.

PLoS ONE, 2023
ObjectivesThe objective of this study was to determine the reduction in prescribed opioid pain dosage units to pediatric patients experiencing acute pain and to assess patient satisfaction with pain control 90-day post discharge following the 2017 Ohio ...
Megan Armstrong, Jonathan I Groner, Julie Samora, Vanessa A Olbrecht, Nguyen K Tram, Dana Noffsinger, Edward W Boyer, Henry Xiang   +7 more
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Silviculture can facilitate repeat prescribed burn programs with long-term strategies

California Agriculture, 2022
A significant expansion of prescribed fire activity will be necessary to mitigate growing wildfire hazard in California forests. Forest managers can facilitate this expansion by promoting forest structures that allow for more effective implementation of ...
Robert A. York, Jacob Levine, Daniel Foster, Scott Stephens, Brandon Collins   +4 more
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Soil Burn Severities Evaluation Using Micromorphology and Morphometry Traits After a Prescribed Burn in a Managed Forest

Spanish Journal of Soil Science, 2023
Prescribed burn is a tool that must imply low soil burn severity (SBS) levels; however, a wide range of soil impacts have been demonstrated because of the influence of very variable factors.
S. Moreno-Roso, S. Moreno-Roso, B. Chávez-Vergara, B. Chávez-Vergara, E. Solleiro-Rebolledo, S. Quintero-Gradilla, A. Merino, M. Ruiz-Rojas   +7 more
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Elk forage response to prescribed fire in Boyes meadow, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, 2020
Prescribed fire should increase plant and forage biomass for herbivores in meadows, but the response is likely to be influenced by environmental conditions.
Lee H. Williamson, Floyd W. Weckerly
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