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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
Increasing incidence of drought, however, leads to increased fire frequency-which, in turn, reduces deadwood material in woodlands. If current natural resource ... climate change on this sector would be related to loss of competitiveness associated with increased costs of production resulting from changes or retrofitting of plants for cleaner production. ...
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Ecology Hall of Fame: Aldo Leopold Letter
Decades of unrestricted logging and fire control have created unnatural, unhealthy conditions and increased fire risks in a number of National Forests in the West. ... Timber harvest, through its effects on forest structure, local microclimate and fuel accumulation has increased fire severity more than any other recent human activity." In addition, a letter to ...
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SAF - Policy and Press: Position Statements - Wildfire Management
Rangelands have been impacted by the invasion of undesirable native and non-native species resulting in increased fire frequency and intensity. Serious and potentially permanent ecological deterioration is possible where fuel loads exceed historical conditions. In many areas it is impracticable to reintroduce fire ...
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Colong Foundation for Wilderness
S. of A.) began to form, six million years ago. Outside its deepest recesses, fire has driven the evolutionary clock forward, with the result that the plateau areas of ... the Quaternary, increased fire, and stable landforms. The Greater Blue Mountains provides an outstanding example of the dynamic interactions between eucalypt trees, its species-rich shrubby understorey, environment and fire. The ...
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Media Releases
The Blue Mountains National Park Fire Management Strategy 2004 sets out all the necessary actions to ... fire was not fought according to that agreed Strategy, as far as its provisions on natural heritage were concerned”, said Mr Muir. “Increased fire ... that the construction of more and more facilities with the increased funds gained from park visitors is a slippery slope ...
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Fire watch
El Niño-induced climate variability is usually closely connected with increased fire activity and damage. Droughts are expected to be more frequent in a world where the ... a fifth. Increased fire activity will also be particularly critical for the larch forests of eastern Siberia, where it is expected to cause large-scale losses. Feedback loop Drought and fire may also ...
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Under Fire: Maine's Coyote Snaring Program Feels the Heat from Feds, Activists, Budget Cuts
Coyote Snaring Program Feels the Heat from Feds, Activists, Budget Cuts Under Fire: Maine's Coyote Snaring Program Feels the Heat from Feds, Activists, Budget Cuts By Phyllis ... emphasis on using snaring for animal damage control rather than recreational pursuit of coyotes the increased training of certified and conditionally certified snarers the expanded snaring season into March for all ...
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John Muir Project - Bush's Forest Fire Plan Does Little to Stop Blazes
Even the Forest Service's chief fire specialist, Denny Truesdale, repeatedly stated in an August 10, 2000 ... Strategic Plan is a Trojan horse which will lead to increased logging of healthy, green, mature trees on federal public lands. ... , are being funded right now on public lands with National Fire Plan monies appropriated last fall strictly for "underbrush" reduction. It ...
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Foreign Affairs - The Fire Last Time - Scott Snyder
Fire Last Time - Scott Snyder Advanced Search CFR.org INTERVIEW: Georgia-Russia Clash: A ' ... Iraq Study Group Report 9/11: A Roundtable Complete list » The Fire Last Time Scott Snyder From Foreign Affairs, July/August 2004 Going Critical: ... serious economic benefits (in the form of a lifting of sanctions and increased trade), which Pyongyang covets. So far, however, the Bush administration has pushed ...
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Forest Fire Program - Division of Forestry - WDNR
Contact Us Forestry Forest Fire Program Overview Fire Report Current Fire Danger Fire Weather Forecasts Fire Weather Indices Suppression Equipment Fire Departments Fire Prevention Fire Prevention Burning Regulations ... fire restriction information. These restrictions will tell you if burning permits are required, time and size restrictions, or if burning has been suspended due to increased forest fire ...
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