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On-site public evaluations on the use of prescribed fire and mechanical thinning

Creator:: Reed, Michelle A.
Abstract:: The forest health of the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon and Washington has sustained great impacts primarily caused by disease and insect epidemics. In order to restore forest health and reduce fuel loads, management tools like prescribed fire and mechanical chinning are being tested by forest managers in the region'...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Temporal and spatial variability of historic fire frequency in the southern Willamette Valley foothills of Oregon

Creator:: Robbins, Danielle
Abstract:: A crossdated fire history was reconstructed for a 1562 km2 area in the southern Willamette foothills of Oregon, using fire scars and tree origin years from twelve sites. The purpose of this study was to determine fire frequency for each site and to quantify temporal and spatial variability of fire...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: reconstructed for a 1562 km2 area in the southern Willamette foothills of Oregon, using fire scars and tree

Communicating the wildland fire message : an investigation of agency outreach strategies

Creator:: Toman, Eric Lee
Abstract:: Wildfire impacts have increased in recent years. The management response outlined by recent policy initiatives (e.g., the National Fire Plan, Healthy Forests Restoration Act) emphasizes the use of prescribed fire and mechanized thinning to reduce the risk of future fire events. These policies also call for an unprecedented level of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of prescribed fire and mechanized thinning to reduce the risk of future fire events. These policies

Conflict and cooperation at the public-private interface : a case study of fire management in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Bergmann, Stefan Andrew
Abstract:: Cooperation across ownership boundaries is critical to most conservation efforts in mixed ownership landscapes. Where owner objectives vary widely, as at public-private landownership boundaries, cooperation can be especially challenging. This research explores the opportunities and challenges for cooperative fire management among public and private forest managers in the John Day...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Prescribed fire has been proposed as a significant tool to address forest health concerns in and around the

Managing for landscape resilience in the frequent-fire forests of central Oregon

Creator:: Platt, Emily K.
Abstract:: Wildfire in dry, frequent-fire forests is a pressing issue for natural resource managers, communities and politicians in the western United States. Area affected by wildfire has climbed steadily over the last twenty years and is expected to increase in the future. Recognition of the importance of both social and biophysical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the use of prescribed fire or carefully managed wildfire. Both interview respondents and modeling

Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

Creator:: Konoshima, Masashi
Abstract:: This paper presents a framework for analyzing efficient spatial allocation of forest management efforts - fuel treatment and harvest - under the risk of fire. The framework integrates a fire behavior model and a spatially-explicit stochastic dynamic optimization model. I investigate the effects of spatial interaction across plots during forest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: allocation of forest management efforts - fuel treatment and harvest - under the risk of fire. The framework

Initial attack fire suppression, spatial resource allocation, and fire prevention policy in California, the United States, and the Republic of Korea

Creator:: Lee, Yohan
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I combined a scenario-based, standard-response optimization model with a stochastic simulation model to improve the efficiency of the deployment of initial attack firefighting resources on wildland fires in California and the Republic of Korea. The optimization model minimizes the expected number of fires that do not receive...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Title: Initial Attack Fire Suppression, Spatial Resource Allocation, and Fire Prevention Policy in

Citizen perspectives on hazardous fuel reduction in the Blue Mountains : findings and implications from panel research

Creator:: Toman, Eric Lee
Abstract:: Forests in the Blue Mountains region of eastern Oregon and Washington are facing a large-scale forest health crisis. Poor forest conditions have greatly increased the risk of catastrophic wildfire. Resource managers in the Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla, and Malheur National Forests are utilizing prescribed fire and mechanized thinning treatments to reduce hazardous...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Wallowa- Whitman, Umatilla, and Malheur National Forests are utilizing prescribed fire and

Post-fire recreation management in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

Creator:: Brown, Ryan N. K.
Abstract:: Natural events such as wildfires, floods, and storms can significantly alter the short-term structure and functioning of natural systems. Recreation in wilderness areas is one instance in which individuals are directly exposed to post-disturbance landscapes. Consequently, public land managers may be faced with a different set of challenges stemming from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Smith 1998 and Ribe 1989). Prescribed fire initially detracts from the scenic beauty of a site, but

Mixed-Severity Fire Effects on Biological Legacies and Vegetation Response in Pseudotsuga Forests of Western Oregon's Central Cascades, USA

Creator:: Dunn, Christopher J.
Abstract:: Mixed-severity fire occurrence is increasingly recognized in Pseudotsuga forests of the Pacific Northwest, but questions remain about how tree mortality varies, and forest structure is altered, across the disturbance gradient observed in these fires. Therefore, we sampled live and dead biological legacies at 45 one ha plots, with four 0.10...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Title: Mixed-Severity Fire Effects on Biological Legacies and Vegetation Response in Pseudotsuga

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On-site public evaluations on the use of prescribed fire and mechanical thinning

Temporal and spatial variability of historic fire frequency in the southern Willamette Valley foothills of Oregon

Communicating the wildland fire message : an investigation of agency outreach strategies

Conflict and cooperation at the public-private interface : a case study of fire management in eastern Oregon

Managing for landscape resilience in the frequent-fire forests of central Oregon

Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

Initial attack fire suppression, spatial resource allocation, and fire prevention policy in California, the United States, and the Republic of Korea

Citizen perspectives on hazardous fuel reduction in the Blue Mountains : findings and implications from panel research

Post-fire recreation management in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

Mixed-Severity Fire Effects on Biological Legacies and Vegetation Response in Pseudotsuga Forests of Western Oregon's Central Cascades, USA

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