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

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Toman, Eric Lee

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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...

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Forest Service and Blue Mountain residents. These findings suggest three strategies essential to
Hungry Bob Harvest Production Study : mechanical thinning for fuel reduction in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon

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Coulter, Elizabeth Dodson

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Fire exclusion in the western U.S.A. has caused fuel loads to build up and overall forest health to decline. Managers are now looking for ways to reduce these fuel loads while reintroducing some of the desired effects of natural wildfire. One method to do this is thinning using mechanical harvesting...

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Fuel Treatment Longevity in the Blue Mountains of Oregon

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Morici, Kat

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Wildland fires are an increasingly extensive, expensive, and frequent occurrence in dry forests of the western United States. Fuel reduction treatments are designed to reduce extreme fire behavior, promote resilient forest structure, and facilitate fire control efforts. Although there is widespread recognition that repeated treatments are needed to maintain desired...

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behavior, promote resilient forest structure, and facilitate fire control efforts. Although there is
Terrestrial lichen and bryophyte communities of the Blue Mountains in Northeast Oregon

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Hardman, Amanda

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Although terrestrial lichens and bryophytes are common in upland plant communities of the Blue Mountains in northeast Oregon, research on cryptogam communities in this region is wanting. Studies have shown that lichens and bryophytes can reduce soil erosion and increase soil fertility in other semiarid habitats of North America. Understanding...

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Botany and Plant Pathology1
Forest Engineering Resources and Management1
Forest Engineering1
Forest Resources1

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Bailey, John D.1
Mccune, Bruce1
Olsen, Eldon D.1
Shindler, Bruce A.1

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Brodie, J. Douglas1
Halse, Richard1
Kerns, Becky1
Kiser, Jim1
Krawchuk, Meg1
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Coulter, Elizabeth Dodson1
Hardman, Amanda1
Morici, Kat1
Toman, Eric Lee1

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Botany and Plant Pathology1
Forest Engineering1
Forest Resources1
Sustainable Forest Management1

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Master's4

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Master of Science (M.S.)4

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English [eng]4

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Oregon State University. Graduate School4

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Masters Thesis4

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Fuel reduction (Wildfire prevention) -- Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)2
Bryophytes -- Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)1
Forest fires -- Prevention and control -- Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)1
Forest machinery -- Evaluation1
Forest management -- Public opinion -- Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)1
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