| canada wildfires forest management: Forest Fires Edward A. Johnson, 2001-03-01 Even before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world. Numerous plant communities depend on fire to generate species diversity in both time and space. Without fire such ecosystems would become sterile monocultures. Recent efforts to prohibit fire in fire dependent communities have contributed to more intense and more damaging fires. For these reasons, foresters, ecologists, land managers, geographers, and environmental scientists are interested in the behavior and ecological effects of fires. This book will be the first to focus on the chemistry and physics of fire as it relates to the ways in which fire behaves and the impacts it has on ecosystem function. Leading international contributors have been recruited by the editors to prepare a didactic text/reference that will appeal to both advanced students and practicing professionals. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Firestorm Edward Struzik, 2017-10-05 Frightening...Firestorm comes alive when Struzik discusses the work of offbeat scientists. —New York Times Book Review Comprehensive and compelling. —Booklist A powerful message. —Kirkus Should be required reading. —Library Journal For two months in the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire “the Beast.” It acted like a mythical animal, alive with destructive energy, and they hoped never to see anything like it again. Yet it’s not a stretch to imagine we will all soon live in a world in which fires like the Beast are commonplace. A glance at international headlines shows a remarkable increase in higher temperatures, stronger winds, and drier lands– a trifecta for igniting wildfires like we’ve rarely seen before. This change is particularly noticeable in the northern forests of the United States and Canada. These forests require fire to maintain healthy ecosystems, but as the human population grows, and as changes in climate, animal and insect species, and disease cause further destabilization, wildfires have turned into a potentially uncontrollable threat to human lives and livelihoods. Our understanding of the role fire plays in healthy forests has come a long way in the past century. Despite this, we are not prepared to deal with an escalation of fire during periods of intense drought and shorter winters, earlier springs, potentially more lightning strikes and hotter summers. There is too much fuel on the ground, too many people and assets to protect, and no plan in place to deal with these challenges. In Firestorm, journalist Edward Struzik visits scorched earth from Alaska to Maine, and introduces the scientists, firefighters, and resource managers making the case for a radically different approach to managing wildfire in the 21st century. Wildfires can no longer be treated as avoidable events because the risk and dangers are becoming too great and costly. Struzik weaves a heart-pumping narrative of science, economics, politics, and human determination and points to the ways that we, and the wilder inhabitants of the forests around our cities and towns, might yet flourish in an age of growing megafires. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources Andres Weintraub, Carlos Romero, Trond Bjørndal, Rafael Epstein, 2007-09-19 Here is the first systematic handbook treatment of quantitative modeling natural resource problems, their allocated efficient use, and societal and economic impact. Andrés Weintraub is the very top person in Natural Resource research. He has selected co-editors who are at the top of the sub-fields in natural resources: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining. The book covers these areas with contributions from researchers on, among others, modeling natural research problems, quantifying data, and developing algorithms. |
| canada wildfires forest management: The Chinchaga Firestorm Cordy Tymstra, 2015-06-18 How the biggest forest fire in North American history affected and changed forest fire management. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Douglas Paton, 2014-10-20 More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity. Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in the Elsevier Hazards and Disasters series, provides a close and detailed examination of wildfires and measures for more thorough and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and prevention. It takes a geo-scientific and environmental approach to the topic while also discussing the impacts of human-induced causes such as deforestation, debris burning and arson—underscoring the multi-disciplinary nature of the topic. It presents several international case studies that discuss the historical, social, cultural and ecological aspects of wildfire risk management in countries with a long history of dealing with this hazard (e.g., USA, Australia) and in countries (e.g., Taiwan) where wildfire hazards represent a new and growing threat to the social and ecological landscape. - Puts the contributions of environmental scientists, social scientists, climatologists, and geoscientists at your fingertips - Arms you with the latest research on causality, social and societal impacts, economic impacts, and the multi-dimensional nature of wildfire mitigation, preparedness, and recovery - Features a broad range of tables, figures, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs to aid in the retention of key concepts - Discusses steps for prevention and mitigation of wildfires, one of the most expensive and complex geo-hazards in the world. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Awful Splendour Stephen J. Pyne, 2011-11-01 Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and society. The choices Canadians have made says a great deal about their national character. Awful Splendour narrates the history of this grand saga. It will interest geographers, historians, and members of the fire community. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Fire Cycles and Forest Management , 2006 Describes an alternate method for using controlled burning to help maintain boreal forests in Canada. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Ecosystem Management in the Boreal Forest Sylvie Gauthier, 2009 Forest Ecosystem Management. A management approach that aims to maintain healthy and resilient forest ecosystems by focusing on a reduction of differences between natural and managed landscapes to ensure long-term maintenance of ecosystem functions and thereby retain the social and economic benefits they provide to society.That is the definition of forest ecosystem management proposed in this book, which provides a summary of key ecological concepts supporting this approach. The book includes a review of major disturbance regimes that shape the natural dynamics of the boreal forest and gives examples from different Canadian boreal regions. Several projects implementing the forest ecosystem management approach are presented to illustrate the challenges created by current forestry practices and the solutions that this new approach can provide. In short, knowledge and understanding of forest dynamics can serve as a guide for forest management. Planning interventions based on natural dynamics can facilitate reconciliation between forest harvesting needs and the interests of other forest users. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy Peter L. Fuglem, Kelvin G. Hirsch, Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, 2006 In September 2004, the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers established a federal, provincial, and territorial task group of assistant deputy ministers (ADMs) and commissioned the development of the Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy (CWFS). The ADMs created an intergovernmental team of analysts, experienced fire managers, and researchers, known as the CWFS Core Team, to consult with Canadian and international experts, collate information, conduct analyses, and present the findings. This team was directed to assess the current state of wildland fire management in Canada, examine the key influences and trends, and identify possible desired future states and how they could be achieved. This publication comprises a collection of nine reports written by the CWFS Core Team members and their associates. Collectively these papers include syntheses, analyses, and perspective articles that address a variety of the social, economic, and biophysical aspects of wildland fire and its management as well as policy, science, and operational issues in Canada.--Pub. desc. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Ecological Forest Management Jerry F. Franklin, K. Norman Johnson, Debora L. Johnson, 2018-03-19 Fundamental changes have occurred in all aspects of forestry over the last 50 years, including the underlying science, societal expectations of forests and their management, and the evolution of a globalized economy. This textbook is an effort to comprehensively integrate this new knowledge of forest ecosystems and human concerns and needs into a management philosophy that is applicable to the vast majority of global forest lands. Ecological forest management (EFM) is focused on policies and practices that maintain the integrity of forest ecosystems while achieving environmental, economic, and cultural goals of human societies. EFM uses natural ecological models as its basis contrasting it with modern production forestry, which is based on agronomic models and constrained by required return-on-investment. Sections of the book consider: 1) Basic concepts related to forest ecosystems and silviculture based on natural models; 2) Social and political foundations of forestry, including law, economics, and social acceptability; 3) Important current topics including wildfire, biological diversity, and climate change; and 4) Forest planning in an uncertain world from small privately-owned lands to large public ownerships. The book concludes with an overview of how EFM can contribute to resolving major 21st century issues in forestry, including sustaining forest dependent societies. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest Philip Joseph Burton, 2003 Presenting a summary of the development in boreal forest management, this book provides a progressive vision for some of the world's northern forests. It includes a selection of chapters based on the research conducted by the Sustainable Forest Management Network across Canada. It includes a number of case histories. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests John A. Stanturf, 2015-08-14 Humans have influenced the landscapes and forests throughout the temperate and boreal zones for millennia. Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests, Second Edition focuses on the negative impact of human activity, and explains the importance of forest restoration as a way to repair habitat, restore forest structure and function, and counteract t |
| canada wildfires forest management: Field Guide to the Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System Stephen William Taylor, Martin E. Alexander, R. G. Pike, Northern Forestry Centre (Canada), 1997 The Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) system is a systematic method for assessing wildland fire behaviour potential. Presented in tabular format, this guide provides a simplified version of the system and is designed to assist field staff in making approximations of FBP System outputs. |
| canada wildfires forest management: The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires Dominick A. DellaSala, Chad Hanson, 2015-06-08 The Ecological Importance of High-Severity Fires, presents information on the current paradigm shift in the way people think about wildfire and ecosystems. While much of the current forest management in fire-adapted ecosystems, especially forests, is focused on fire prevention and suppression, little has been reported on the ecological role of fire, and nothing has been presented on the importance of high-severity fire with regards to the maintenance of native biodiversity and fire-dependent ecosystems and species. This text fills that void, providing a comprehensive reference for documenting and synthesizing fire's ecological role. - Offers the first reference written on mixed- and high-severity fires and their relevance for biodiversity - Contains a broad synthesis of the ecology of mixed- and high-severity fires covering such topics as vegetation, birds, mammals, insects, aquatics, and management actions - Explores the conservation vs. public controversy issues around megafires in a rapidly warming world |
| canada wildfires forest management: National Workshop on Wildland Fire Activity in Canada Albert J. Simard, Canadian Forest Service. Science Branch, 1997 Increasing forest fire activity is of great concern to many Canadians. Forestry plays a key roll in the Canadian economy and the Canadian way of living. This workshop had five objectives: determine whether fire activity has increased ; evaluate and prioritize the possible causes ; summarize the potential impacts ; recommend appropriate responses ; and communicate the findings and recommendations, which is the purpose of this report. The report combines presentation notes taken by Paul Ward and discussion notes taken by the rapporteurs. It summarizes the workshop and makes no attempt to interpret the discussions, findings, or recommendations from any particular perspective. |
| canada wildfires forest management: First Nations Wildfire Evacuations Tara K. McGee, Amy Cardinal Christianson, First Nations Wildfire Evacuation Partnership, 2021-07-01 Based on interviews with over two hundred wildfire evacuees from seven First Nations, this book provides invaluable guidance on how Indigenous communities and external agencies can best prepare for the different stages of a wildfire evacuation. Packed with stories, checklists, and guiding questions, it outlines what to expect and how to plan. Topics include: assessing the risk to the health and safety of community members determining when to do a partial versus a full evacuation knowing who to contact for help troubleshooting transportation issues communicating with community members before and after the evacuation arranging appropriate accommodation caring for Elders and other more vulnerable community members organizing food and activities while away. With climate change raising the danger of wildfires around the world, the experiences of the communities featured in this book will serve as an indispensable resource for any town at risk from fire. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Smokescreen Chad T. Hanson, 2021-05-25 Smokescreen cuts through years of misunderstanding and misdirection to make an impassioned, evidence-based argument for a new era of forest management for the sake of the planet and the human race. Natural fires are as essential as sun and rain in fire-adapted forests, but as humans encroach on wild spaces, fear, arrogance, and greed have shaped the way that people view these regenerative events and given rise to misinformation that threatens whole ecosystems as well as humanity's chances of overcoming the climate crisis. Scientist and activist Chad T. Hanson explains how natural alarm over wildfire has been marshaled to advance corporate and political agendas, notably those of the logging industry. He also shows that, in stark contrast to the fear-driven narrative around these events, contemporary research has demonstrated that forests in the United States, North America, and around the world have a significant deficit of fire. Forest fires, including the largest ones, can create extraordinarily important and rich wildlife habitats as long as they are not subjected to postfire logging. Smokescreen confronts the devastating cost of current policies and practices head-on and ultimately offers a hopeful vision and practical suggestions for the future—one in which both communities and the climate are protected and fires are understood as a natural and necessary force. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Ecological Forest Management Handbook Guy R. Larocque, 2024-08-21 The second edition of Ecological Forest Management Handbook continues to provide forestry professionals and students with basic principles of ecological forest management and their applications at regional and site-specific levels. Thoroughly updated and revised, the handbook addresses numerous topics and explains that ecological forest management is a complex process that requires broad ecological knowledge. It discusses how to develop adaptive management scenarios to harvest resources in a sustainable way and provide ecosystem services and social functions. It includes new studies on ecological indicators, the carbon cycle, and ecosystem simulation models for various forest types: boreal, temperate, and tropical forests. NEW IN THE SECOND EDITION Provides a comprehensive collection of sustainable forest management principles and their applications Covers new ecological indicators that can be applied to address forest environmental issues Includes all types of models: empirical, gap, and process-based models Explains several basic ecological and management concepts in a clear, easy-to- understand manner This handbook is intended for researchers, academics, professionals, and undergraduate and graduate students studying and/or involved in the management of forest ecosystems. Chapters 16 and 18 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.taylorfrancis.com. They have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Between Two Fires Stephen J. Pyne, 2015-10-15 From a fire policy of prevention at all costs to today's restored burning, Between Two Fires is America's history channeled through the story of wildland fire management. Stephen J. Pyne tells of a fire revolution that began in the 1960s as a reaction to simple suppression and single-agency hegemony, and then matured into more enlightened programs of fire management. It describes the counterrevolution of the 1980s that stalled the movement, the revival of reform after 1994, and the fire scene that has evolved since then. Pyne is uniquely qualified to tell America’s fire story. The author of more than a score of books, he has told fire’s history in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the Earth overall. In his earlier life, he spent fifteen seasons with the North Rim Longshots at Grand Canyon National Park. In Between Two Fires, Pyne recounts how, after the Great Fires of 1910, a policy of fire suppression spread from America’s founding corps of foresters into a national policy that manifested itself as a costly all-out war on fire. After fifty years of attempted fire suppression, a revolution in thinking led to a more pluralistic strategy for fire’s restoration. The revolution succeeded in displacing suppression as a sole strategy, but it has failed to fully integrate fire and land management and has fallen short of its goals. Today, the nation’s backcountry and increasingly its exurban fringe are threatened by larger and more damaging burns, fire agencies are scrambling for funds, firefighters continue to die, and the country seems unable to come to grips with the fundamentals behind a rising tide of megafires. Pyne has once again constructed a history of record that will shape our next century of fire management. Between Two Fires is a story of ideas, institutions, and fires. It’s America’s story told through the nation’s flames. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy Assistant Deputy Ministers Task Group, Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, 2005 Under the direction of the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers and in accordance with current jurisdictional mandates, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments have been co-operating on the establishment of the Canadian Wildlands Fire Strategy (CWFS). The CWFS will seek to balance the social, ecological, and economic aspects of wildland fire to deal with both the root causes and the symptoms of current and potential fire management issues. It is designed to facilitate the development and implementation of an innovative approach to wildland fire management in Canada that will foster resilient communities and an empowered public, develop healthy and productive forest ecosystems, and incorporate modern business practises. This report describes the current state of wildland fires and its management in Canada, a vision for a desired future state, and recommendations on how to initiate the necessary changes over the next ten years. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Ecology of Wildfire Residuals in Boreal Forests Ajith Perera, Lisa Buse, 2014-07-21 Large and intense wildfires are integral to the globally important boreal forest biome. While much is known about boreal wildfires, the focus on forest remnants that either escape or survive these intense fires is a recent phenomenon: academics now study ecological processes of wildfire residuals, forest policymakers use their patterns to design harvest strategies, forest managers consider their economic value, and conservationists recognize their intrinsic ecological importance. Ecology of Wildfire Residuals in Boreal Forests is the first book to explore ecological patterns and processes of what does not burn within boreal wildfires. Following a brief introduction to the boreal forest biome, it discusses the processes that form wildfire residuals; how they are studied, with various approaches and methods; the types, extent, and ecological functions of wildfire residuals; and their role in forest management applications, all in the context of ecological scale. This book is a reference for researchers and graduate students studying boreal forest ecology, as well as for policymakers and forest managers. It adopts a non-reductionist perspective that will be of interest to scientists from conservation science, forest ecology, forest management, and timber production. Brings together fire behaviour, ecological scale, vegetation ecology, and conservation biology to provide a cross disciplinary, multi-scale, and an integrative discussion of forest fire residuals Captures the state of knowledge with a meta-analysis of research trends during the past few decades, with a comprehensive review of the literature, a compilation of key references, and a list of key topics relevant to the study of boreal wildfire residuals Identifies the major gaps and uncertainties in the present body of knowledge, including a critique of study techniques and reporting practices to date, and proposes a set of terms and definitions and a list of research questions and priorities Includes the authors’ observations and research experience from boreal Canada, and information extracted from interactions with North American and European ecologists, forest managers, and conservationists |
| canada wildfires forest management: Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System Kelvin G. Hirsch, Northern Forestry Centre (Canada), 1996 The Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System provides a systematic method of assessing fire behaviour. The FBP System has 14 primary inputs that can be divided into 5 general categories: fuels, weather, topography, foliar moisture content, and type and duration of prediction. In the FBP System these inputs are used to mathematically develop 4 primary and 11 secondary outputs. Primary outputs are generally based on a fire intensity equation, and secondary outputs are calculated using a simple elliptical fire growth model. This publication provides diagrams, examples, and exercises that explain the FBP System in a user-oriented manner. This guideline delineates the interpretation of the FBP System's inputs and outputs and details how the predictions are derived. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Wildland Fire in Ecosystems , 2000 |
| canada wildfires forest management: Feds, Forests, and Fire Richard Allan Rajala, Canada Science and Technology Museum, 2005 |
| canada wildfires forest management: Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European Forests Francisco Moreira, Margarita Arianoutsou, Piermaria Corona, Jorge De las Heras, 2011-11-02 In spite of all the efforts made in fire prevention and suppression, every year about 45 000 forest fires occur in Europe, burning ca. 0.5 million hectares of forests and other rural lands. The management of these burned forests has been given much less attention than fire prevention or fire suppression issues, but the post-fire management of burned areas raises strong concerns (economic and social impacts, soil erosion and water quality, biodiversity loss, forest restoration). Although there are a few publications which address post-fire management, the focus of these has been either on general approaches to restoration or specific topics such as preventing post-fire soil erosion. This book is about the post-fire management of fire-prone forest types in southern Europe. It provides the first comprehensive overview of the topic, ranging from stand-level to landscape-level management, and from emergency actions to long-term restoration approaches. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Wilderness Fire Management Planning Guide William C. Fischer, 1984 Outlines a procedure for fire management planning for parks; wilderness areas; and other wild, natural, or essentially undeveloped areas. Discusses background and philosophy of wilderness fire management, planning concepts, planning elements, and planning methods. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Development of Coarse-scale Spatial Data for Wildland Fire and Fuel Management , 2002 The objective of this study was to provide managers with national-level data on current conditions of vegetation and fuels developed from ecologically based methods to address these questions: How do current vegetation and fuels differ from those that existed historically? Where on the landscape do vegetation and fuels differ from historical levels? In particular, where are high fuel accumulations? When considered at a coarse scale, which areas estimated to have high fuel accumulations represent the highest priorities for treatment? |
| canada wildfires forest management: A National Ecological Framework for Canada Ecological Stratification Working Group (Canada), Center for Land and Biological Resources Research (Canada), Canada. State of the Environment Directorate, 1996 [An] expanded attribute database [that] includes attribute data for the ecoprovince level of generalization. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Development and Structure of the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction System Canada. Forestry Canada. Fire Danger Group, Canada. Forestry Canada. Science and Sustainable Development Directorate, 1992 The Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System is a subsystem of the larger Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System, which also includes the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System. The FBP system provides quantitative estimates of head fire spread rate, fuel consumption, fire intensity and fire description and gives estimates of fire area, perimeter, perimeter growth rate and flank and back fire behaviour. This report describes the structure and content of the system and its use with forest fire characteristics. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Tree David Suzuki, Wayne Grady, 2009-07-01 “Only God can make a tree,” wrote Joyce Kilmer in one of the most celebrated of poems. In Tree: A Life Story, authors David Suzuki and Wayne Grady extend that celebration in a “biography” of this extraordinary — and extraordinarily important — organism. A story that spans a millennium and includes a cast of millions but focuses on a single tree, a Douglas fir, Tree describes in poetic detail the organism’s modest origins that begin with a dramatic burst of millions of microscopic grains of pollen. The authors recount the amazing characteristics of the species, how they reproduce and how they receive from and offer nourishment to generations of other plants and animals. The tree’s pivotal role in making life possible for the creatures around it — including human beings — is lovingly explored. The richly detailed text and Robert Bateman’s original art pay tribute to this ubiquitous organism that is too often taken for granted. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Fire and Vegetation Dynamics Edward A. Johnson, Edward Arnold Johnson, 1996-06-13 A technical introduction to the behaviour of fire and its ecological consequences, using examples from the North American boreal forest. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Climate Change and the Future Fire Environment in Ontario Mike Wotton, R. S. McAlpine, Kim Logan, Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Applied Research and Development, 2005 The increased fi re load is expected to increase the cost of fi re management in the province 16% by the year 2040 and 54% by the year 2090 over year 2000 costs, exclusive of infl ation or other factors. [...] In addition to increases in seasonal fi re severity indices, a number of these studies also predict increases in the frequency of occurrence of extreme fi re danger in some areas of the country (e.g., Stocks et al. [...] This study uses lightning- and people-caused fi re occurrence models developed specifi cally for Ontario with GCM projections of future climate and Ontario's level of protection analysis software, LEOPARDS (see McAlpine and Hirsch 1999) to estimate the impacts of climate change on the fi re management organization both in terms of numbers of escaped fi res and with respect to changes in operationa [...] The sites of the GCM grid cell centres and OMNR weather stations used are shown in Figure 1. Fire Weather and Fire Danger To create the fi re climate of a future decade, the monthly anomalies were applied to the daily data from the OMNR fi re weather station archive from the years 1992-2001 (corresponding to the period over which lightning records were available). [...] The Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System (Forestry Canada Fire Danger Group 1992) was used in conjunction with the Initial Spread Index (ISI), the Build-up Index (BUI) (calculated on the detection date of the fi re using the FWI System), and the fuel type associated with the fi re to estimate an initial rate of spread for each fi re. |
| canada wildfires forest management: A Century of Wildland Fire Research National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee on Increasing Resilience to Wildland Fire: A Century of Wildland Fire Research, 2017-09-30 Although ecosystems, humans, and fire have coexisted for millennia, changes in geology, ecology, hydrology, and climate as well as sociocultural, regulatory, and economic factors have converged to make wildland fire management exceptionally challenging for U.S. federal, state, and local authorities. Given the mounting, unsustainable costs and difficulty translating existing wildland fire science into policy, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a 1-day workshop to focus on how a century of wildland fire research can contribute to improving wildland fire management. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Fire Behavior in Black Spruce-lichen Woodland Martin E. Alexander, Brian J. Stocks, B. D. Lawson, Northern Forestry Centre (Canada), 1991 The behaviour of single point-ignition and line-ignition experimental fires was studied in upland black spruce-lichen woodland stands at Porter Lake in the Caribou Range of the Northwest Territories from June 26-July 8, 1982. The experimental burning project objective was to relate the head fire rate of spread (ROS) in this fuel type to the initial spread index (ISI) component of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. The experimental fire plots varied in size from 0.02 ha-0.65 ha. and the live tree overstory averaged about 1200 stems/ha and 5.0 m in height. The lichen layer averaged about 3.5 cm in depth. Three point-ignition fires, seven line-ignition fires, and one wildfire were documented over a wide range of burning conditions. A relationship for equilibrium fire spread in black spruce-lichen woodland stands was established. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Wildland Fire, Forest Dynamics, and Their Interactions Marc-André Parisien, Enric Batllori, Carol Miller, Sean A. Parks, 2018-08-15 This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Wildland Fire, Forest Dynamics, and Their Interactions that was published in Forests |
| canada wildfires forest management: Federal Wildland Fire Management DIANE Publishing Company, 1997-08 Managing wildland fire in the U.S. is a challenge increasing in complexity & magnitude. The goals & actions presented in this report encourage a proactive approach to wildland fire to reduce its threat. Five major topic areas on the subject are addressed: the role of wildland fire in resource management; the use of wildland fire; preparedness & suppression; wildland/urban interface protection; & coordinated program management. Also presented are the guiding principle that are fundamental to wildland fire management & recommendations for fire management policies. Photos, graphs, & references. |
| canada wildfires forest management: Wildfire and Forest Management United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, 2013 |
| canada wildfires forest management: Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires Samuel L. Manzello, 2020-07-01 This reference work encompasses the current, accepted state of the art in the science of wildfires and wildfires that spread to communities, known as wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires. 171 author contributions include accepted knowledge on these topics from throughout the world, all written by the leading researchers, experts, practitioners, and academics. This encyclopedia is an invaluable reference for newcomers to the field, as well as researchers, students, developers, and professionals who are interested in exploring this dynamic area. General Sections include: Combustion Coordination System Locations Fire Whirls Firebrands and Embers Incident Management Team (IMT) Support Locations Incident Response Support Locations On-the-Incident Locations Soot and Effects on Wildland/WUI Fire Behavior Weathering Effects on Fire Retardant Wood Treatments Wildland Firefighting Locations Wildland Fuel Treatments |
| canada wildfires forest management: Wildfire Policy Dean Lueck, Karen M. Bradshaw, 2013-06-17 During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts. This book will reflects the first-ever forum for law and economics scholars to apply the analysis and methodologies of their field to the subject of wildfire. The only modern legal work on wildfire, the book brings together leading scholars to consider questions such as: How can public policy address the effects of climate change on wildfire, and wildfire on climate change? Are the environmental and fiscal costs of ex ante prevention measures justified? What are the appropriate levels of prevention and suppression responsibility borne by private, state, and federal actors? Can tort liability provide a solution for realigning the grossly distorted incentives that currently exist for private landowners and government firefighters? Do the existing incentives in wildfire institutions provide incentives for efficient private and collective action and how might they be improved? |
| canada wildfires forest management: Fire in the Forest Peter A. Thomas, Robert S. McAlpine, 2010-09-23 An accessible account of how forest fires work, the ecological effects they have, and why and how we fight fires. |
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The link between wildfires and climate is also well -documented. The planet is warming with many regions in the United States and Canada experiencing increased incidence of wildfire and the …
‘Lest we forget’: Canada’s major wildland fire disasters
AUniversity of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources and Alberta School of Forest Science and Management, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H1, Canada. Email: mea2@telus.net …
Large forest fires in Canada, 1959–1997 - University of Alberta
istics, season, latitude, fire management organizational size and efficiency, fire site accessibility, the number of simulta-neous fires and the weather. [6] Organized forest fire management …
Wildfires - Congressional Budget Office
2 WILDFIRES JUNE 2022 forest-management practices that have aimed to elimi-nate fires and climate conditions that are more conducive to fires—have had a broad range of ecological …
Trends in Canadian Forest Fires, 1959–2019 - Fraser Institute
2 Forest Fire Trends in Canada / 3 3 Trends in Forest Fires at the Provincial and Territorial Level / 5 3.1 Group one: recent peaks in forest fires / 5 3.2 Group two: long-past peaks in forest fires / …
REPORT COUNTING ON CANADA’S COMMITMENTS - NRDC
april 2025 r: 25-04-a report authors: julee boan rachel plotkin counting on canada’s commitments: to halt and reverse forest degradation by 2030, canada
Canada Report 2020 - CIFFC
There were 82 wildfires in the Primary Area which includes Community, Primary Timber, Wil dfire Management Area and Federal Lands Area. The total area burned in the Primary Area was …
Wildfires in Canada
intentional burning and prescribed fires (as a part of fire management). How wildfires develop and spread depends on the complex interaction between ignition source(s), climate/weather, …
Canada Report 2024 - ciffc.ca
management, particularly in western Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador. Although it did not reach the historic scale of the previous year, the 2024 season stands among the ... wildfires, …
Mitigating risks of future wildfires by management of the …
Mitigating risks of future wildfires by management of the forest composition: an analysis of the offsetting potential through boreal Canada Martin P. Girardin & Aurélie Terrier Received: 21 …
Wildfires in Canada
Wildfires in Canada Wildfire Emergency Response Plan for Indigenous Peoples and Communities 2024 Season ... Still, they are constantly left out of forest management and fire response …
FireSmart
1. Wildfires — Canada — Prevention and control. 2. Forest fires — Canada — Prevention and control. 3. Ground cover fires — Canada — prevention and control. 4. wildland/urban interface …
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Indigenous Fire Management - tcrcd.net
The White River in Sharon was full of floating logs in about 1910. How many trees were cut down in the forest...? Fig. 6 (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Fig. 4 Charred trees from a forest …
Firehose : Wildfire Prevention and Management using Deep …
forest and wildfire emergency management often require decision making by humans, where time constraints and pressures can result in suboptimal decisions leading to an inefficient use …
Indigenous fire stewardship for fire management and …
USDA Forest Service and its land management part-ners have formally recognized the wildfire problem as a “crisis” and acknowledged the need for a “para-digm shift in land management …
Adapting western North American forests to climate change …
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Wildfire management in Canada: Review, challenges and …
2. Wildfire management roles and responsibilities Canada is a confederation with a constitutionally recognized federal government and ten provinces (British Columbia [BC], …
Disclaimer - Electricity Canada
increasingly flammable as a result of forest management, forest insect and disease, and fire suppression. i Research conducted by Natural Resources Canada, identified a significant …
Use of Remote Sensing in Wildfire Management
Over the last decade in Canada, wildfires have consumed an average of 1.9 million ha/year and induced fire suppression costs ranging from about $500 million to $1 billion a year (Canadian …
Comment - Nature
But wildfires in Canada have been increas-ing in number, size and intensity since the ... Amy R. Wotherspoon is a climates and forest management researcher at the University of British …
Efects of 2023 Wildfires in Alberta - ABMI
regions and subregions, caribou ranges, and Forest Management Agreement areas. We used province-wide vegetation maps created as part of our ongoing monitoring work to report the …
Climate Change and Wildland Fire in Canada - ICLR
Forest Fire Danger Rating System is used across Canada and in many parts of the world. Adaptation options for fire management agencies with respect to climate change altered fire …
Adapting western North American forests to climate change …
16R.W. Gray Consulting, Chilliwack, British Columbia V2R2N2 Canada 17Northern Arizona University Ecological ... Should active forest management, including forest thinning, be …
Wildland Fire Management - U.S. Department of the Interior
Interior Department Wildfires Selected for Review ..... 11 Table 3: Reported Injuries and Maximum Number of Incident Personnel ... peak fire activity with Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New …
CIFFC Wildland Fire Prevention and Mitigation Action Plan
In 2021, under direction from the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM), FireSmart Canada joined with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) to extend the reach …
Wildfires in US, Canadian boreal forests could release sizable …
Wildfires in US, Canadian boreal forests could release sizable amount of remaining global carbon budget April 27 2022 Credit: CC0 Public Domain A paper by U.S. scientists published in the …
Adapting western North American forests to climate …
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Author's personal copy - ResearchGate
Mitigating risks of future wildfires by management of the forest composition: an analysis of the offsetting potential through boreal Canada Martin P. Girardin & Aurélie Terrier Received: 21 ...
Title : Authors - ResearchGate
according to public forest management units and the northern forest allocation limit. The Intensive Protection Zone is located south of this limit whereas the northern protection zone is to
2014 NWT FIRE SEASON REVIEW EPORT - Gov
the stewardship, protection and sustainable management of forest resources in the NWT. A very important aspect of FOREST MANAGEMENT DIVISION’s responsibilities is the protection of …
Canadian Paper and Paper-based Packaging Industry …
Nearly half of Canada’s forests are certified to an independent sustainable forest management standard such as the Forest . Stewardship Council or the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. 3 …
INCIDENT BRIEF - collections.unu.edu
as of June 8, 2025, the direct exposure to central Canada wildfires was more than 6,000 people, and an additional 28,000 people lived within a 5 km distance from the wildfires but not within …
Northern wildfires, climate, and health Wildfire management …
coupled with the U.S. Forest Service’s 10-year wildfire crisis strategy, sets a direction for wildfire mitigation. A recently published Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and …
Indigenous Fire Stewardship - US Forest Service
Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Arcata, CA, USA . 2. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada . Synonyms . …
Emergency Preparedness Guide for Hazards Associated with …
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Canada Report - CIFFC
Canada Report . 2022 . Preamble Established in 1982, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) celebrated its 40th year providing operational support to its member agencies. …
Predicting crown fire behavior to support forest fire …
models comprising the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System (Forestry Canada Fire Danger Group 1992) are based on extensive field data collected from experimental fires …
Forest Fires and Climate Change: Causes, Effects and …
them. Wildfires are one of the primary causes of deforestation, which resulted in the loss of more than 12 million hectares of forest cover on the tropics in 2020. Although wildfires are a …
Adapting Sustainable Forest Management to Climate …
for assessing the vulnerability of sustainable forest management in Canada to climate change and linking the results of vulnerability assessment to an adaptation process that is integrated into …
Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Model for Modern Fire …
us who practice forest science,” says Larry Mason, a retired University of Washington natural resources scientist and member of the third Indian Forest Management Assessment Team …
Wildfire 2025 - genesisaicorp.com
5 days ago · Canada of wildfire protection averages $1 billion. The cost of wildfires to people & communities is priceless. Carbon 285 to 570 million tons CO2 emissions released in the fires …
Wildfire Exposure Assessment - FireSmart Canada
led by Dr. Jen Beverly at the University of Alberta and supported by funding from the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta (FireSmart Program, Project FFP-16-46). …
