Applying Remote Sensing Metrics to Quantify Invasive Annual Plant Distributions and Map Potential Fire Hazard Across Mojave Landscapes: Presentation
/Presented at the Mojave Desert Fire Science and Management Workshop. Barstow, CA 2014
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Yellow Starthistle Management Guide: Field Guide
/This guide begins with a description of the biology and ecology of yellow starthistle and its history in California. It then provides a comprehensive overview of treatment methods for yellow starthistle, including each method's advantages and disadvantages, timing, and best fit in a strategic management plan.
Read MoreThe Combustibility of Landscape Mulches: Field Guide/Mannual
/A guide detailing the fire hazards associated with different landscape mulch types and landscaping near homes.
Read MoreTraditional ecological knowledge to develop and maintain fire regimes in NW CA, Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion: management and restoration of culturally significant habitats: Dissertation
/The use of Native American fire regimes evolved in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion over millennia. A mixture of Native American and Euro-American sociocultural management has developed from adaptations to climate, topography, ecological processes, and land use practices. This research incorporates Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to partially examine the role of tribal fire uses and ethnobotany.
Read MoreNational Park Service NEPA Planning Guide: The DO-12 Handbook 2001: Manual
/This 125-page handbook outlines the official National Park Service guidelines for fulfilling the legal requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and for "practicing excellent impact assessment and resource conservation."
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Control of invasive weeds with prescribed burning: Journal Article
/This review evaluates the current state of knowledge on prescribed burning as a tool for invasive weed management.
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Read MoreFire Management and Invasive Plants: a Handbook United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Manual
/This manual targets fire management staff and is designed to summarize the links between fire management and invasive plant invasions and management.
Read MoreA Citizen's Guide to the NEPA: Having Your Voice Heard: Guide/Manual
/This guide provides an explanation of NEPA, how it is implemented, and how people outside the Federal government can better participate in the assessment of environmental impacts conducted by Federal agencies.
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Living With Fire - The USGS Southern California Wildfire Risk Project: Video
/The video "Living With Fire: The USGS Southern California Wildfire Risk Project" discusses the history of fire in southern California and explains how science is being used to improve fire management in this area.
Read MoreAspen Restoration and Ecology Workshop: Presentations
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2015 Aspen Restoration and Ecology Workshop, South Lake Tahoe.
The presentations included topics from restoration, fire recovery, climate change, birds, and even genetics all related to Aspen Ecology.
Read MoreLiDAR survey helps discern fire severity impacts on Yosemite conifer forests: USGS Research Brief
/USGS Research Brief
LiDAR surveys in conjunction with satellite-based remote sensing analysis can help forest managers better understand the changes in forest structure due to fires. Surveys can suggest whether prescribed burns can be used to thin canopy structure in different forest types and restore them to historic patterns.
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