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Guardian of the Forest: A History of the Smokey Bear Program by Ellen Earnhardt Morrison, 1989-06 Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 by Stephen, Pyne, 2008-03-15 Fire in the Forest by Peter A. Thomas, Robert S. McAlpine, 2010-11-30 Forest Fire (Wild Rescue) by Jan Burchett, Sara Vogler, 2009-08-01 Fires of Autumn: The Cloquet-Moose Lake Disaster of 1918 by Francis Carroll, 1990-10-15 Blazing Heritage: A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks by Hal K. Rothman, 2007-04-12 Fire Bombers in Action Videobook by Fred Johnsen, 2010-08-01 Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects FIRE FROM THE FOREST: The SAS Brigade in France, 1944 (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Roger Ford, 2004-07 Tending Fire: Coping With America's Wildland Fires by Stephen Pyne, 2004-11-16 SURVIVAL! Forest Fire,Minnesota, 1984 by Kathleen Duey, Karen A. Bale, 1999-06-01 Fire: A Brief History (Cycle of Fire Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Stephen J. Pyne, 2001-10 Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Book) by Stephen J. Pyne, 1997-03 The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account (Wisconsin) by Reverend Peter Pernin, 1999-05-13

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21. Forest Fires--Ecology Lesson Plan (grades 9-12)--DiscoverySchool.com
    students work in smaller groups of two or three and create a public service poster,brochure, or television spot on the dangers of accidental forest fires.  
    http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/forestfires/
    
    Extractions: Project Learning Tree, published by the American Forest Foundation Environmental Science: Working with the Earth by G. Tyler Miller www.fs.fed.us/ www.nps.gov/ The index of state fish and wildlife agencies at Fire: The Story behind a Force of Nature by Jack De Golia Introduction to Wildland Fire: Fire Management in the United States by Stephen J. Pyne

22. Centre For Remote Imaging, Sensing And Processing
    Remote Sensing Centre of NUS with satellite images of South East Asia's forest fires Smoke Haze; engages in the development of an advanced capability in remote sensing.  
    http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/
    
    Extractions: installed in August 1995 The Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) is a research centre of the National University of Singapore established with funding from the of Singapore. CRISP 's mission is to develop an advanced capability in remote sensing to meet the scientific, operational and business requirements of Singapore and the region. CRISP operates a satellite ground station to acquire data from remote sensing satellites, and processes the archived data to standard or value-added products for distribution and research. The list of satellites CRISP receive include: CRISP is ready to provide special products custom processed to users' requirements, or training/consultation services in the field of remote sensing.

23. Photography - Nature, Wildlife, Black/White
    Nature and landscape photography from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Includes wildlife, flowers, and forest fires.  
    http://www.taurusphotography.com/
    
    Extractions: The third version is bigger and better. I had taken so many pictures that they no longer fit into my five original categories, or the number of images was to overwhelming for one page. So you will notice sub categories with the usual nature, skyscapes, landscapes, wildlife, flowers, etc. Further additions include new categories like my adventures and links. Within those categories you will find not only new photos, but also more personal info like my resume links web rings , and photos from my summer archaeology adventure . You will also notice more personal info about me in general, most people I have talked to complain that they don't even know my name after visiting the site. Well, its Rene, in case you haven't got it yet, and even a picture of me if you are interested! Several pictures in the

24. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Amazon Forest Fires 'belated Killers'
    Tuesday, 7 January, 2003, 1110 GMT Amazon forest fires 'belated killers'Years after the fire, the damage becomes clear, By Alex  
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2631719.stm
    
    Extractions: BBC News Online environment correspondent Fires in the Amazon forest are killing more trees than anyone had realised, according to UK scientists. They say the fires have a delayed effect, with trees often dying two or three years after they were damaged. This, they say, could double present estimates of the amount of vegetation lost and carbon dioxide released. This could become more important in the future if climatic patterns change significantly. Carbon emissions during severe El Nino events could be equivalent to 10-12.5% of annual global carbon emissions from fossil fuels The scientists, from the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK, report their findings in Ecology Letters. They inspected all standing woody stems of 10 centimetres diameter or more in seven plots measuring 10 by 250 metres spread across 32 square kilometres of forest in the central Brazilian Amazon.

25. BBC NEWS | In Depth | Boston 2002 | Forest Fires Cool Amazonia
    Sunday, 17 February, 2002, 2044 GMT forest fires cool Amazonia The impact of ozoneneeds further investigation, By BBC News Online's Jonathan Amos in Boston.  
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/boston_2002/1826252.stm
    
    Extractions: Scientists have shown for the first time how fires in the Amazon are making temperatures fall across vast areas of the forest. The fires put masses of tiny particles into the atmosphere which reflect incoming sunlight back out into space. The loss of heating at ground level is leading to an average three Celsius drop in temperatures during the burning season that runs from August to October. But this is only part of the story; the particles are also "drying out" the clouds, reducing precipitation in some regions by as much as 30%. Sun shield Fires in the Amazon are confined to a relatively small area - about 15% has been burnt or cleared for pasture - but the effects of fire pollution can be felt over a much wider area. "The untouched, prime forest covers about 5.5 million square kilometres," Professor Paulo Artaxo, from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "We think perhaps as much as a half of that could be being affected by secondary pollution."

26. Urunga Rural Fire Brigade
    Details of a bush fire brigade, specialising in MVA, village and forest fires.  
    http://urungarfs.8m.com/

27. Welcome To Ely, Minnesota, Gateway To The Boundary Waters
    Ely shopping, Our services, Ely Webcams, Ely Business directory, Worldwideweather forecasts, Virtual Ely, Outdoor reports, forest fires status,  
    http://www.elyminnesota.com/fire_status/

28. Forest Fire Research At The Pacific Forestry Centre
    Definition of forest fires and links to forest fire studies and research projectsat the Pacific Forestry Centre, British Columbia, Canada. forest fires.  
    http://www.pfc.forestry.ca/fires/index_e.html

29. The Environmental Literacy Council - Forest Fires
    forest fires. forest fires can endanger homes and wildlife and takean immense human and financial toll to control. Yet, forest fires  
    http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/46.html
    
    Extractions: Home About ELC Site Map Contact Us ... Food Forest fires can endanger homes and wildlife and take an immense human and financial toll to control. Yet, forest fires are natural and serve an important function in ecosystems. Most tree species evolved to take advantage of fire, and periodic fires contribute to forest health. In the absence of human settlement, fires often move through the forest burning lower branches and clearing dead wood from forest floor. Clearing the clutter from a forest floor, as one site puts it, "kick-starts regeneration by providing ideal growing conditions." It also improves the forest floor as habitat for many species that prefer relatively open spaces to a dense thicket of brush and dead branches. Further, forests in which fires are suppressed often burn much hotter and more dangerously when a serious fire finally breaks out. But it is understandable for people who live near forests and who own forest land to want their property, and their lives, protected from the ravages of fire so these are particularly difficult tradeoffs to make. How Forest Fires Work

30. NAEP | All About > Projects > Forest Fires
    forest fires. Types of Engineering involved Forestry, In fact, only 200300 fireseach year will consume more than 200 hectares of forest and wildland.  
    http://www.nativeaccess.com/allabout/projects_fires.html
    
    Extractions: Wildfires are a part of the Earth's natural process of renewal. They help to recycle dead plant material into the soil; certain plants, especially fir trees, have seeds which are only easily released by the heat of fire. Natural wildfires are usually caused by lightning. In areas where there is large build up of dead vegetation, small contained fires are sometimes deliberately set to prevent larger more destructive fires. Unfortunately, many fires are also caused by human carelessness: campfires left unattended or cigarette butts flicked into the bush can easily and quickly ignite dried vegetation and even tree roots. It is these accidental fires which often cause the most damage. By themselves wildfires do little damage and burn out quickly. In fact, only 200-300 fires each year will consume more than 200 hectares of forest and wildland. Unfortunately, this 2-3% of fires account for almost 97% of the annual area burned. These fires generally occur in places where a huge amount of dead plant material has built up over a long period of time and provides fuel for an out-of-control inferno.

31. Forest Fires
    Remote Sensing of Land/forest fires. Firesrelated Research at CRISP. CRISP's publicationsrelated to forest fires. Forest-Fires and Haze Related Websites.  
    http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/forest_fire/fire.html
    
    Extractions: Fire is traditionally used by the shifting cultivators and small-scale farmers as a tool for clearing land in the Southeast asian region. In recent years, fire has increasingly been used by large plantations to clear land and for conversion of forest into plantations and agricultural land. In time of drought, the fires may go out of control, resulting in severe damage to the forest and the surrounding region. The 1997/98 forest fire episode in Southeast Asia has attracted international attention. The fires which occurred primarily in the Sumatra and Borneo islands and aggravated by the drought due to the El Nino Southern Oscillation phenomenon, resulted in increased aerosol loading (smoke-haze) over the region. The economic damage resulting from the haze has been reported to be in the range of billions of dollars. Millions of hectares of land/forest have been burnt. The environmental impacts of the fires include the loss of biodiversity, loss of forests as carbon sinks and emission of greenhouse gases which may influence the global climatic systems. In response to this situation, daily fire monitoring operation of the region using full-resolution SPOT images has been carried out at CRISP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Singapore. CRISP has also acquired many SPOT, ERS and RADARSAT images of the areas affected by fires.

32. Study Links Logging With Severity Of Forest Fires
    Study Links Logging With Severity of forest fires . Researchers have StudyLinks Logging With Severity of forest fires Hillary Mayell  
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/12/1203_loggingfires.html
    
    Extractions: The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), based in Bogor, Indonesia, estimated that the economic loss to Indonesia exceeded U.S. $9 billion and that carbon emissions were high enough to make the country one of the largest polluters in the world. Using remote sensing, satellite imagery, and ground and aerial surveys, a team of German and Indonesian researchers found that the bulk of the roughly 12 million acres (5 million hectares) consumed by fire occurred in timber concessions, plantations, and on land converted to agricultural use and then left fallow.

33. Query Results
    Display Retrieved 195 Search Results forest fires. NEXT 10 RECORDS. Click on photo or title to view the image description 1  
    http://www3.nau.edu/cline/subjectreferal.cfm?subject_note=Forest fires

34. What Is Europe Doing? Forest Fires
    The facts. Every year, some 45,000 forest fires break out in Europe.Between 1989 and 1993, 2.6 million hectares of woodland were  
    http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/leaflets/disasters/en/forest.html
    
    Extractions: The information on this site is subject to a and a Previous Contents Next Every year, some 45,000 forest fires break out in Europe. Between 1989 and 1993, 2.6 million hectares of woodland were destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean alone. That amounts to an area equal to that of Belgium being struck off the map every five years. Most of these fires are caused by man. However, there are many natural factors such as drought, wind speed and topography, which influence the spread of fires and govern their devastating effects. Fire-fighting is a complicated business. The aim of research is to understand the behaviour of fire and to give decision-makers, technicians, and firemen the tools to enable them to act with the necessary effectiveness and speed.

35. EUROPA - Environment - Forest Fires : Completed And On-going Activities - Civil
    forest fires Completed and ongoing activities. First Report on forest fires in SouthernEurope - July 2001. Self-tuition Workshop, Fighting of large forest fires,  
    http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/civil/prote/cpactiv/cpact06.htm
    
    Extractions: Developments First Report on Forest Fires in Southern Europe - July 2001 New Website of the Commission on Forest Fires - in EN, FR, DE: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/fore/fires/index_en.htm Self-tuition Workshop Use of Chemicals, Retardants and Foams in Aerial and Ground Forest Fire fighting Greece, 1995 Self-tuition Workshop Use of aerial means in forest fires France, 1994 Pilot project Cross-border co-operation on forest fire-fighting France +Italy, 1993 Self-tuition Workshop Risk analysis of forest fires and initial attack Greece, 1993 Support action Interministerial seminar on forest fires Portugal, 1992 Self-tuition Workshop Fighting of large forest fires France, 1992 Self-tuition Workshop Scientific research and forest fires Portugal, 1992 Self-tuition Workshop Combating forest fires: identification of major common problems Belgium, 1991

36. Forest Fires
    forest fires up. It looks in depth at this problem in several developing countries,and discusses the contribution of forest fires to air pollution.  
    http://agrifor.ac.uk/browse/cabi/detail/132729427c3ddaaca6e04efb7d580bb1.html
    
    Extractions: Air pollution and the forests of developing and rapidly industrialising countries : IUFRO series no. 4 Published in August 2000, this is the full-text of the fourth in a series of IUFRO books "Air pollution and the forests of developing and rapidly industrialising countries", edited by JL Innes of the University of British Columbia and Haron Abu Hassan of the Institute of Foresters. The book contains 13 chapters, covering "the importance of air pollution for the forests of rapidly industrialising countries and regions". It looks in depth at this problem in several developing countries, and discusses the contribution of forest fires to air pollution. Chapters are available in PDF, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader. This book is published and made freely available on the Web by CAB International, an international not-for-profit publisher in applied life sciences. Developing Countries air pollution forest fires forests ... CCRS products and research on disaster monitoring The Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) carries out research, provides information and promotes the use of remote sensing in disaster monitoring applications. This site provides details of programmes and reports on flooding, forest fires, oil spills, and atmospheric events. Previous and on-going research reports are available, as well as a tutorial on remote sensing. Canada disasters forest fires remote sensing ... DELFI DELFI is a project coordinated by CINAR SA of Greece which aims to organise and disseminate existing knowledge on forest fires within the European Union. News of projects throughout Europe and reports of symposia are presented. A forest fire glossary is searchable by initial letter, in English, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish. A database of European research and resources, the DELFI Knowledge Base, is also searchable. The DELFI Thematic Network is provided for subscribers to exchange views and information. Hosted by CINAR.

37. Fighting Forest Fires
    Fighting forest fires A Guide to Seasonal Employment  
    http://w3.gorge.net/macht/fire/

38. Pilot Projects On Forest Fires
    Pilot Projects on forest fires. forest fires constitute a recurrentphenomenon in the Mediterranean region. In the past fires may  
    http://natural-hazards.jrc.it/fires/
    
    Extractions: Forest fires constitute a recurrent phenomenon in the Mediterranean region. In the past fires may have been a natural phenomenon. This is not the case nowadays. Most fires in the Mediterranean region are caused by human activities. Increasing population growth and population density has posed a heavy pressure on wildland. Other factors such as migration of population from the country to the cities and abandonment of lands have also helped to a more continuos fuel layer that facilitates fire spread. Despite the devastating effects of forest fires on the fragile Mediterranean landscapes, there is a lack of harmonized information on fire occurrence and fire damage at the European scale. This is due to many factors, among them the different definition of forests in Mediterranean countries, and the different methods used to collect information on fire events. SAI activities on forest fires are aimed at obtaining harmonized products for all the European countries. However, the initial focus of the activities is southern Europe, since this is the area most affected by fires in the European Union. Panoramic view of forest fires in Greece in the summer of 1998 Forest fire activities cover the entire fire cycle, examining the variables that may influence fire occurrence and/or spread before the fire, going through fire detection once the fire has started, and mapping the burnt areas and evaluating damages after the fires. Hence, the forest fire activities of the Natural Hazards project comprise three topics:

39. REMOTE SENSING OF FOREST FIRES
    REMOTE SENSING OF forest fires. A semiautomatic method to map forest fires duringlarge periods by means of remote sensing imagery has been developed.  
    http://www.creaf.uab.es/miramon/publicat/papers/lisboa98/for_fire.htm
    
    Extractions: A semiautomatic method to map forest fires during large periods by means of remote sensing imagery has been developed. This methodology has been applied to the period 1975-1993 and results have been given as a forest fire map series and a fire history map of Catalonia (Northeast of Spain). These maps have been lately converted to vector layers and all results have been integrated into a GIS. The results have been contrasted to independent administration data and commission and omission errors have been evaluated. Fire frequencies and NDVI post-fire values have been used to retrieve valuable information on the fire regime and to evaluate plant regeneration rates in Mediterranean plant communities. GIS tools are being used for further landscape analysis. KEYWORDS: Remote Sensing, MSS, NDVI, fire scars mapping, plant regeneration, fire regimes.

40. Planet Ark Environmental News Pictures: Forest Fires, Floods And Drought Will Li
    forest fires, Floods and Drought Will Likely Hit Portugal on the Next100 Years. Mail this picture to a friend. PORTUGAL July 11, 2002.  
    http://www.planetark.org/envpicstory.cfm/newsid/16808
    
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