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Forest Fires:     more books (103)

The Big Burn : The Northwest's Forest Fire of 1910 by Stan B. Cohen, Donald C. Miller, 1978-06 Sassy, The Amazing Fire-Fighting Rescue Dog Episode #2 - Forest Fire Rescue by Uncle Fez, 2001-01-08 The Book of Fire by William H.; Jr. Cottrell, 2004-04-01 Fire!: The Renewal of a Forest (Information Storybooks) by Celia Godkin, 2007-10-24 Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean, 1993-11-15 America's Fires: Management on Wildlands and Forests (Forest History Society Issues Series) by Stephen J. Pyne, 1997-06 The Seasons Of Fire: Reflections On Fire In The West (Environmental Arts and Humanities Series) by David J. Strohmaier, 2001-07-01 Fire!: A Renewal of A Forest by Celia Godkin, 2006-09-11 Analysis and Interpretation of Fire Scene Evidence (Forensic Science Techniques) Fire and Ice: Two Deadly Disasters (Fire at Peshtigo; Shipwreck on Lake Michigan) by Robert W. Wells, Don Davenport, 1983-08 Escape from Fire Mountain (World of Adventure) by Gary Paulsen, 1995-01-01 Fire on the Rim: A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon by Stephen J. Pyne, 1995-09 Wildfire Wars: Frontline Stories of BC's Worst Forest Fires by Keith Keller, 2002-10-01 The Fire that Saved the Forest by Mike Donahoe, 2002-12-25

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41. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Why Forests Need Fires
    The Australian forest fires will provide significant benefits to wildlife in time.  
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1747062.stm
    
    Extractions: BBC News Online environment correspondent The bush fires raging across swathes of New South Wales are terrifying. For people in the areas ablaze they spell disruption at least, the prospect of losing their homes, and the possibility of death. For wild species, like kangaroos and koalas, death on a large scale is already a reality. Yet the fires may offer benefits to the forests in the longer term. No forest has ever existed without having to cope with periodic fires. The State Forests of New South Wales website says: "Fire is very much a natural part of many Australian ecosystems. "The Aborigines used fire on a regular basis, and had a profound influence on vegetation. Since the exclusion of Aboriginal burning, many areas of forest have undergone a change, particularly in the understorey. No trees without fire "Many areas which were once quite open and grassy now contain thickets of shrubs and vines."

42. CNN.com - Nature - Canadian Forest Fires Add To U.S. Pollution - April 14, 2000
    http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/04/14/canada.fires.enn/index.html

43. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Amazon Forest Fires 'belated Killers'
    Many Amazonian trees which appear to survive fires die from their effects several years later, scientists say.  
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/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.

44. DYMAX EDASHES - Tree Shears For Biofuels Hazard Reduction
    A periodic enewsletter reporting on equipment for biofuels hazard reduction, National Fire Plan, wildland urban interface issues and utilization of small diameter trees in reducing forest fires.  
    http://www.dymaxattachments.com/edashes/2002-08-01-forestry/index.htm
    
    Extractions: DYMAX TREE SHEAR SHINES AT COLORADO STATE U. DEMO; OFFERS HOPE TO FUELS HAZARD REDUCTION EFFORTS! A Dymax 14" Forestry Tree Shear was the highlight of a demonstration conducted last fall by Colorado State University, in conjunction with Dymax. The equipment demo clearly showed that a tracked skid steer loader equipped with a Dymax 14" Forestry Tree Shear is the perfect tool for fuels hazard reduction in forested areas. For additional information on the Colorado demonstration, visit these websites: www.cnr.colostate.edu/FS/restoration/home.html www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/natres/wildfire.html For more information on Dymax Tree Shears, click here

45. Forest Problems: Forest Fires
    The Mediterranean forests are under serious threat, with forest fires, in most cases forest fires are a natural part of ecosystems in many, but not all,  
    http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/forests/problems/forest_fires.cfm
    
    Extractions: Navigation hidden Forests About Forests Forest conservation WWF Forest Programme Problems Illegal Logging Forest Fires Forest conversion Climate Change Our Solutions WWF Forest Programme Protection Park Establishment Park Management Responsible Forestry Conversion Certification Community Forestry Restoration About Restoration Partnerships Regional Programmes What You Can Do News Successes Stories On the Ground Events Publications Newsletters Position Statements Factsheets In Focus

46. WWF - Fighting Forest Fires In Spain
    forest fires have become a subject of general interest because of the social More than 120 people have lost their lives from forest fires between 1990  
    http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/other_news/news.cfm?uNewsID=21976&uLang

47. CNN.com - Forest Fires Flare Across Southern Europe - August 27, 2000
    http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/08/27/corsica.fires/index.html

48. Forest Fires Ravage Western Canada
    http://cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/08/04/canada.fires.ap/index.html

49. CNN.com - Forest Fires Cover Moscow In Smoke - July 31, 2002
    http://cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/07/31/russia.weather/index.html
    
    Extractions: Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Cars pass by the Kremlin's towers, barely visible through thick smoke MOSCOW, Russia Doctors are urging Muscovites to stay indoors to avoid heavy white smoke from scores of forest fires stoked by a record heatwave. Hundreds of firefighters, using helicopters, planes and dozens of fire engines, are battling to control flames racing across about 300 hectares (740 acres) of woodland south of the Russian capital. At least 119 peat fires were ablaze in the Moscow region on Wednesday, up from 76 the day before, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. Normally only a handful of such fires are reported each summer. The army was helping firefighters and volunteers in Shatura, a town southeast of Moscow that has been particularly badly affected. Moscow's ambulance service said about 5,900 people suffering from the effects of the smog, expected to choke the city for another five days, had called for urgent help over the past 24 hours.

50. AFFM Home Page
    The Aviation and Forest Fire Management program (AFFM) is comprised of three These hazards include for example forest fires, floods and dam failures.  
    http://affm.mnr.gov.on.ca/
    
    Extractions: select a link Aviation and Fire Fish and Wildlife Lands and Waters Ontario Parks Ontario's Forests Ontario's Living Legacy Science, Info and Tech Youth Programs Bears Camping Crown Land Fire Fighting Fishing Forests Rabies Rare Species Water Resources Ontario Map Frost Centre MNR Store Renew Outdoors Card Reserve a Campsite Location: MNR Home AFFM > AFFM Home Page REPORT A FOREST FIRE Click on the image for information on current fires, restricted fire zones, facts and statistics, jobs and careers, prescribed burns and much more! Click on the image to find out about Ontario's waterbombers, jobs and careers, the history of the Air Service, and much more! MNR ensures the coordination of emergency management activities related to those hazards which have been assigned to MNR. These hazards include for example: forest fires, floods and dam failures. Click on the image for further information on MNR's Emergency Management Program.

51. B.C.-Alberta Forest Fires - - Canada.com Network
    Cost of forest fires surpasses half billion, BC says. » Some Interior residents denied insurance Forests require fire to keep them healthy, expert says  
    http://www.canada.com/national/features/fires/
    
    Extractions: OUR CITIES Victoria Vancouver Calgary Edmonton ... more cities... CANADA.COM FEATURES Contests News Features MoneyWise Global National ... Learn Online Classifieds classifieds driving (autos) careerclick homes ... personals OUR COMMUNITY Canadian Museum for Human Rights - Donate in memory of Israel (Izzy) Asper Aboriginal Canada Portal Arthritis Society - Joints in Motion Canadian Centre for Philanthropy ... United Way OUR PARTNERS Be Web Aware CanWest Global CanWest Media Sales Canada NewsWire ... Mobile Video Productions Inc. B.C. - Alberta Forest Fires Kelowna gives thanks

52. CNN.com - Deaths As Forest Fires Hit Europe - Jul. 29, 2003
    http://cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/29/france.fires/index.html
    
    Extractions: The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Firefighters tackle a blaze outside Sainte-Maxime, southern France. Story Tools SAINTE-MAXIME, France At least five people have been killed and thousands evacuated as forest and brush fires hit a swathe of Europe from southeastern France to northern Portugal. In France, two towns were evacuated as the flames spread at a devastating pace, forcing tens of thousands of people to spend the night in temporary shelters. Officials speculated that the blazes about 30 broke out nearly simultaneously on Monday were criminal in origin. Firefighters found evidence of Molotov cocktails in the region, according to radio and television reports. By Tuesday, the local government in the Var region of France said the fires were under control, following a 24-hour battle by nearly 2,000 firefighters, Reuters reported. President Jacques Chirac warned that anyone who set fires in the tinderbox conditions would face "punishment of exceptional severity." Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who toured the region, called the fires "an ecological massacre."

53. Inforest Action Web Site
    forest fires in Europe 2004 EFFIS newsletter Number 1 (2005) which are already part of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) scheme.  
    http://inforest.jrc.it/
    
    Extractions: INFOREST, as EU scientific and technical focal point for the new EU regulation "Forest Focus" and responsible for the creation of the European Forest Information and Communication Platform (EFICP), provides support to the relevant Commission services responsible for the protection and monitoring of European forests, and those services dealing with regional planning. INFOREST supports as well as the relevant services in the Member-States and Candidate Countries, which are already part of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) scheme. For this purpose, INFOREST, in collaboration with DG ENV, has established a wide institutional network of civil protection and forest services in the Member States. The activities in INFOREST, which address Forest Focus, EFICS (European Forest Information and Communication System), and the 6th Environmental Action Plan, include the establishment of information systems and networks that enhance the collection, dissemination and access to reliable, harmonized, statistical and geo-referenced information on forests. This includes information on forest resources as well as forest condition data regarding the effect of atmospheric pollution and fires on forests. INFOREST coordinates the support to Forest Focus through the establishment of a Cross-Unit Working Group in which 5 Units of the IES are represented. INFOREST, as coordinator of this group, ensures the fulfillment of the commitments of the JRC towards other EC Services, the EEA, and other international research organizations. Ongoing competitive activities (e.g SPREAD, EON 2000+) are intended to serve as precursors towards new indirect actions.

54. CNN.com - Can The Federal Government Be Sued If It Is Negligent In Setting Fores
    http://cnn.com/2000/LAW/05/16/cossack.column/index.html

55. European Forest Fire Information System
    These activities led to the development of the European Forest Fire The outcome of research topics on forest fires currently investigated at the JRC  
    http://inforest.jrc.it/effis/
    
    Extractions: European Forest Fire Information System - EFFIS The European Commission DG Joint Research Centre set up since 1999 a research group to work specifically on the development and implementation of advanced methods for the evaluation of forest fire risk and mapping of burnt areas at the European scale. These activities led to the development of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). Since the year 2003 EFFIS is part of the Regulation (EC) No 2152/2003 (Forest Focus) of the European Council and Parliament on monitoring of forests and environmental interactions. All the EFFIS activities are coordinated with DG Environment to reach the final users, Civil Protection and Forest Services, in the Member States.

56. Forest Fires
    The 1997/98 forest fire episode in Southeast Asia has attracted international attention. icon.GIF (5374 bytes) ForestFires 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.

57. Healthy Forests Initiative - Fires - Forests - Sierra Club
    (HFI) is President Bush’s response to the past year’s forest fires. on the false assumption that landscapewide logging will decrease forest fires.  
    http://www.sierraclub.org/forests/fires/healthyforests_initiative.asp
    
    Extractions: Our Strategic Initiatives Build Better Communities Choose Clean Energy Exercise Democracy Get the Poisons Out Protect Nature Fight for Global Justice Our Priority Campaigns Clean Water Global Population Protect National Forests Responsible Trade Stop Sprawl Stop Global Warming Arctic/Wildlands More Issues Select a Place Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Canada Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Debunking the "Healthy Forests Initiative" The Healthy Forests Initiative (HFI) is President Bush’s response to the past year’s forest fires. The initiative is based on the false assumption that landscape-wide logging will decrease forest fires. This premise is contradicted by the general scientific consensus, which has found that logging can increase fire risk. This disconnect between what the administration says and what science says about logging and fire reveals the administration’s true goal which is to use the forest fire issue to cut the public out of the public lands management decision making process and to give logging companies virtually free access to our National Forests. The HFI, if fully enacted, would:

58. CNN.com - Nature - Satellites, Too, Can Help Fight Forest Fires - May 25, 2000
    http://cnn.com/2000/NATURE/05/25/satellite.fire.enn/index.html

59. The Atlas Of Canada - Major Forest Fires
    The map Major forest fires shows some of the major forest fires that happened in Canada since the beginning of the 20th Century. The Atlas of Canada,  
    http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/naturalhazards/majorforestfires
    
    Extractions: Major Forest Fires There are about 9000 forest fires recorded annually in Canada. An average of 2.1 million hectares are burned ... Read more about this map close this text box Map Sources There are about 9000 forest fires recorded annually in Canada. An average of 2.1 million hectares are burned every year; virtually all of it is boreal forest. Lightning accounts for about 85% all hectares burned annually, and people cause the rest. The fires caused by people are more numerous, but burn a smaller area than those ignited by lightning. Read more about this map Major Avalanches Read about this map Major Earthquakes Read about this map ... Français Modified: 2004-11-30 Important Notices

60. CNN - Appalachian Forest Fires Keep Families Apart On Thanksgiving - November 25
    http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/25/kentucky.fires/index.html

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