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Wildfires become `part of our new reality' | At conference, scientists...  -  Nov 14, 2006
Pay-Per-View - San Diego Union - Tribune - ProQuest ArchiverTheir statement, issued at the Third International Fire Ecology and Management ... The fire ecology meeting, which continues through Friday, has attracted ...

A BURNING PASSION FOR FIRE ECOLOGY  -  Mar 18, 2007
Pay-Per-View - South Florida Sun - Sentinel - ProQuest Archiver...[Gary Snyder] -- poet, philosopher, firefighter, merchant seaman, common laborer, lay Buddhist monk, friend of Ginsberg, inspirer of Kerouac, author of many ...

Plan to close wildlife centre under fire ECOLOGY: CUTS  -  Feb 19, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Sunday Herald - ProQuest ArchiverSNH's chief executive, Ian Jardine, has told NERC that the closures are of particular concern. "The staff located at Banchory have made an invaluable ...

Students, Emeriti earn awards in fire ecology .  -  Feb 15, 2008
Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Google News ArchiveOf the four awards given by the Association for Fire Ecology, three went to University of Idaho students and emeriti. Award recipients were recognized at ...

Why California Must Burn Fire ecology is bad news for sprawl  -  Nov 11, 2005
NewsdeskBy Glen Martin. California's winter rains have quenched the last embers from the wildfires -- the biggest and most destructive in state history -- that ...

A day we knew would come  -  Feb 21, 2009
The AgeNot all the communities that were incinerated in 1939 and 2009 were in or near the forests of ash, but many were, and the peculiar fire ecology of the trees ...

Teachers take crash course in fire ecology  -  Jul 8, 2005
Glenwood Springs Post IndependentForest service entomologist Tom Eager talks to teachers about the effect of beetles on trees at Baylor Park this week. Teachers from all over Colorado, ...

3rd International Fire Ecology & Management Congress Nov. 13-17  -  Mar 15, 2006
FireRescue1The Association for Fire Ecology and Washington State University would like to invite you to participate in the 3rd International Fire Ecology & Management ...

New Book Examines Intersection of Fire Ecology and Humans  -  Jul 11, 2008
University of Arizona News - University of Arizona News (press......"Living with Fire," co-authored by UA researcher Guy McPherson, addresses the dilemmas that living near fire-prone areas cause. ...

Experts: Wildfires only going to worsen  -  Oct 30, 2007
San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union TribunePreparing for a future of big wildfires will require an assortment of approaches, the Association for Fire Ecology said. These measures include: ...

U. Idaho offers new fire ecology, management degree | Article from …  -  Aug 22, 2007
Pay-Per-View - University Wire - HighBeam ResearchU. Idaho offers new fire ecology, management degree ... find University Wire articles. Jeremy Castillo -argonaut University Wire 08-22-2007 (Idaho Argonaut) ...

Australia Burning: Fire Ecology, Policy and Management Issues.(Beyond...  -  Jun 22, 2005
Free with registration - Rural Society - AccessMyLibrary.comCary, G, Lindenmayer, D & Dovers, S (eds) 2003, Australia burning: Fire ecology, policy and management issues, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. ...

Young students study fire ecology  -  Jan 30, 2005
$2.95 - Silver City Sun-News - NewsBankThe message from fire and forest managers is no longer one of Smokey Bear simply telling children to be careful with fire. A recent Fire Ecology Day at ...

Fire ecology slowly gaining popularity  -  Sep 17, 2006
$2.95 - Daily Sentinel - NewsBankBy JOSH McDANIEL. News images and stories of wildfire are impossible to ignore during the summer fire season - flames towering above treetops, ...

Teachers dig the learning experience  -  Jul 13, 2007
Glenwood Springs Post IndependentThe teachers are participating in a free, week-long “Fire Ecology ... The week-long class, called the Fire Ecology Institute, examines fire science, ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility  -  Jan 11, 2005
commondreams.orgIngalsbee directed the Western Fire Ecology Center for the American Lands Alliance from 1997 to 2004. In 2002, Ingalsbee was appointed by Oregon Governor ...

Fire Ecologists: Climate Change Will Hinder Wildland Fire Managment  -  Aug 29, 2006
newwest.netIn a five-page declaration released today, the Association for Fire Ecology warns that humans' ability to manage fire and use prescribed fire may soon be ...

Still raging: Station Fire has burned over 100,000 acres  -  Aug 31, 2009
$3.50 - Whittier Daily News - NewsBankRichard Minnich, a UC Riverside professor in fire ecology, said he doubted any 19th century Southern California fire was close to the size of the Station ...

Fire and Avian Ecology in North America.(Ornithological Literature)(Bo...  -  Dec 1, 2006
Free with registration - Wilson Journal of Ornithology - AccessMyLibrary.comLike most treatises on fire ecology, this one makes the obligatory call for less fire suppression with statements like "... it clearly seems reactive to ...

Don't rush to reseed at park, experts say  -  May 14, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver..."It's generally a waste of money," said Jon E. Keeley, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey who has written extensively about fire ecology. ...

Nelson plans several bills for session - Limits on cost of college...  -  Feb 4, 2009
$2.95 - Harlan Daily Enterprise, The - NewsBankNelson has also written a bill that would require the Kentucky Department of Education to include fire ecology in the science core content and require fire ...

Article: Upscale Markets. Way, Way Up.; The higher you climb in the …  -  Apr 13, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Fire ecology and conservation in the high tropical Andes: ... ... Key words: Andes, conservation, Ecuador, fire ecology, paramo ... ...

EPA, Auto Industry Reach Deal on Mercury | Article from AP Online | …  -  Mar 8, 2006
Pay-Per-View - AP Online - HighBeam ResearchCaption: Timothy Ingalsbee, director of the Western Fire Ecology Center in Eugene, ... But Rob Mitchell, director of the Fire Ecology Center at Texas Tech ...

City's program for clearing brush a response to devastating wildfires  -  Aug 21, 2008
Pay-Per-View - San Diego Union - Tribune - ProQuest Archiver..."We live in a fire ecology that is one of the worst in the world. We think this program is prudent." The policy statement reads in part: "For example, ...

Fire season becoming year-round concern  -  May 7, 2009
$2.95 - Oakland Tribune - NewsBankThe station has been used since the 1960s for research in forest genetics, pathology, tree physiology and fire ecology. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff) ...

The living past | Barona Indian Museum explains the split histories...  -  May 18, 2008
Pay-Per-View - San Diego Union - Tribune - ProQuest Archiver...(Indian science, for example, understood fire ecology, something Western science is revisiting.) The library and gift shop offer authentically true, ...

EDUCATION EXTRA  -  May 16, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Register-Guard - ProQuest ArchiverNow's the time for teachers to sign up for a free workshop, "The Watershed in my Backyard and the role of Fire Ecology," which runs June 28-29 at the H.J. ...

King Gillette Ranch offers a wide array of summer activities  -  Jul 5, 2007
Agoura Hills Acorn...+Sat., July 21 from 9 am to 11 pm, MRCA is offering a fire ecology hike to ... An MRCA-led fire ecology hike will help explain some of the principles of ...

Fire and Avian Ecology in North America.(Ornithological Literature)(Bo...  -  Dec 1, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Wilson Journal of Ornithology - HighBeam ResearchLike most treatises on fire ecology, this one makes the obligatory call for less fire suppression with statements like "... it clearly seems reactive to ...

Student Senate approves funding  -  Apr 10, 2009
dailytoreador.comThe student association for fire ecology also received an additional $200 in funding to support undergraduate attendance at international fire ecology ...

Research, rules seek to lessen fire threat.  -  Jul 18, 2005
Free with registration - Press-Enterprise - AccessMyLibrary.comJul. 18--The Inland area's next big blaze is already building. It's gathering energy on sun-baked and chaparral-covered hillsides and in overgrown stands of ...

Wildlands Conservancy rebuilds after Sawtooth  -  Nov 1, 2006
Hi-Desert StarIt will be an ideal site for research into fire ecology and fire's effects on wild lands, says Sall, and preserve personnel are busy developing educational ...

A missed opportunity to influence fire policy.(Wildfire: A Century of...  -  Oct 1, 2007
$4.95 - BioScience - ECNextThe second section, "Fire Ecology: Stories and Studies" will be of most interest to scientists. Wuerthner provides a good summary of the 1988 Yellowstone ...

Fire ecologist talks in Africa .  -  Dec 28, 2006
Stillwater Journal - Google News Archive...spoke at the 23rd Fire Ecology Conference held in in October of 2005 and met Fuhlendorf at ... Renown South african fire ecology professor and Winston . ...

ECOLOGIST POSITION OPEN AT LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK  -  Mar 31, 2005
Pay-Per-View - US Fed News - Factiva, from Dow JonesSkill in vegetation management and fire ecology with specific knowledge of these principles regarding diverse plant associations within the Sierra Nevada ...

Desert landscape no longer fends off fire naturally  -  Aug 13, 2008
Hi-Desert Star...and the notorious Sahara mustard (Brassica tournefortii) — are playing in changing the Mojave and Colorado Deserts' fire ecology. ...

Program Transcript  -  Feb 6, 2009
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineDR KEVIN TOLHURST, FIRE ECOLOGY SPECIALIST, MELBOURNE UNI: We had a sequence of days above 40 degrees across the state which was an unprecedented run of ...

Mountain pine beetle topic of discussion  -  Apr 10, 2007
greeleytrib.comCSU's Student Association for Fire Ecology and the CP Gillette Entomology Club will host a public panel discussion on mountain pine beetle and its effects ...

Flowers among fire | fire, program, plants, wanted, children - News -...  -  Mar 30, 2008
OCRegisterRENEWAL: Visitors hike among newly-green hills burned by the Santiago Fire as they learn about fire ecology at Rancho Sonado's "Inside the Outdoors" program ...

The News-Review  -  Aug 10, 2009
NRToday.com...“The proposed (D-Bug) logging treatments are fallacies that fly in the face of the area's fire ecology ... Ignoring fire ecology and rationalizing wrong ...

Scientists Say Global Warming Limits Ability to Manage Wildland Fire  -  Oct 20, 2006
FireRescue1The Association for Fire Ecology is an organization of professionals dedicated to improving the knowledge and use of fire ecology in land management. ...

Youngsters can learn at saltwater fishing workshops  -  Jul 13, 2005
$2.95 - Daytona Beach News-Journal - NewsBankMARINELAND- The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve is partnering with the Florida Division of Forestry to have a Fire Ecology and ...

County parks, preserves roll out April programs  -  Apr 5, 2007
Tampa Bay NewspapersSaturday, April 14 – The Science of Fire Ecology, 10 am to noon. The benefits of fire ecology and wildland management will be discussed. ...

A Personal Account of Resilience and Prescribed Fire  -  Jul 27, 2008
RedOrbitWith a program of burning approxi- mately 100000 acres (40000 ha) per year, this is the place to learn about fire behavior and fire ecology. ...

On this day, we remember a tragedy that touched us all  -  Feb 6, 2010
Sydney Morning HeraldMelbourne University's fire ecology specialist, Dr Kevin Tolhurst, has calculated that the energy of the fires was equivalent to more than 1500 Hiroshima ...

Prescribed burns beneficial to land and animals  -  Nov 9, 2008
$2.95 - Ocala Star-Banner - NewsBankAs the founder of fire ecology, Tall Timbers supports the use of prescribed fires as an essential tool for managing natural ecosystems and reducing risk of ...

Recovering After Wildfires National Public Radio  -  May 18, 2007
$3.95 - National Public Radio - NewsBankHe's a fire ecology research scientist at the Tall Timbers Research Station in Tallahassee. Thank you, gentlemen, for being with us today. ...

3 boats involved in fire in Roche Harbor, Wash.  -  Nov 5, 2009
Seattle TimesThe Coast Guard and Washington Ecology officials say three boats have been involved in a fire in the Roche Harbor Marina on San Juan Island and one is ...

UC Davis Ecologist, to Speak at Sierra College  -  Mar 20, 2006
Rocklin and Roseville TodayBarbour's research and teaching includes forest ecology, fire ecology, ... Barbour's research in fire ecology has taken him throughout the Sierra Nevada, ...

Experts slam 'simplistic' fire ratings  -  Feb 6, 2010
The AgeDr Tolhurst, a senior lecturer in fire ecology and management at Melbourne University's Creswick campus, said this was dangerously simplistic. ...

Ecuador Fire Pictures from April 19, 2008 | HighBeam Research, AP …  -  Apr 19, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Fire ecology and conservation in the high tropical Andes: ... ... Andes, conservation, Ecuador, fire ecology, paramo. ... ...

Learn about the big burn  -  Jun 13, 2007
Idaho Mountain Express and GuideThat sentiment is the primary message behind a series of Fire Ecology Walks developed ... The aim of the Fire Ecology Walks is to highlight those benefits, ...

State of Victoria's forests fanned bushfire inferno  -  Feb 10, 2009
The AustralianKevin Tolhurst, senior lecturer in fire ecology and management at the University of Melbourne, said Victoria had recently increased its annual prescribed ...

Ecuador Fire Pictures from April 19, 2008 | HighBeam Research, AP …  -  Apr 19, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Fire ecology and conservation in the high tropical Andes: ... ... Andes, conservation, Ecuador, fire ecology, paramo. ... ...

Chico Enterprise-Record : Briefs  -  Oct 25, 2005
$2.95 - Chico Enterprise-Record - NewsBankFire ecology in Bidwell Park will be discussed today by a professor of ... His talk, "Fire Ecology of Bidwell Park and Beyond," is the next in The Museum ...

QUOTATION OF THE DAY  -  Oct 28, 2007
nytimes.comBy RICHARD A. MINNICH, WHO TEACHES FIRE ECOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE, ON THE STATE'S POLICY ON WILDFIRES. [A1] ...

Forest Service research budget feels the pinch  -  Oct 3, 2006
Summit Daily News...noting cuts not only at the Fraser site, but in other important posts, including fire ecology research at the agency's Montana fire research lab. ...

Ecuador Fire Pictures from April 19, 2008 | HighBeam Research, AP …  -  Apr 19, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Fire ecology and conservation in the high tropical Andes: ... ... Andes, conservation, Ecuador, fire ecology, paramo. ... ...

In Los Angeles Fire Aftermath, Scientists Study What Remains -...  -  Oct 3, 2009
New York TimesScott L. Stephens, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and president of the Association for Fire Ecology, said the Station fire work ...

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan  -  Jan 8, 2010
Daily Times...“We are suggesting that the supposed fire risk is probably overblown,� said Bill Romme, professor of fire ecology at Colorado State and the lead researcher. ...

Wildfire workshop set  -  Jul 10, 2005
St. Augustine RecordA fire ecology and Florida Firewise workshop will be held from 7 to 9 pm July 21 at the Whitney Laboratory, 9505 Ocean Shore Blvd. ...

Ecuador Fire Pictures from April 19, 2008 | HighBeam Research, AP …  -  Apr 19, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Fire ecology and conservation in the high tropical Andes: ... ... Andes, conservation, Ecuador, fire ecology, paramo. ... ...

Response to Comments on "Post-Wildfire Logging Hinders Regeneration …  -  Aug 4, 2006
Science Magazine - Science Magazine (subscription)...provide additional details of the research setting and scope, and address comments pertinent to forest development and fire ecology. ...

Don't blame greens, says state  -  Feb 13, 2009
The AgeKevin Tolhurst, Melbourne University senior lecturer in fire ecology, said fuel reduction could limit the impact of a fire, but not stop it in extreme ...

International Paper and The Conservation Fund Recognize and Reward …  -  Jun 21, 2006
What They Think...wrote an interdisciplinary, field-based fire ecology curriculum, later adopted by other schools in northern New Mexico and recognized nationally. ...

Federal Register 2008 - 73 FR 19805 Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District; …  -  Apr 11, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2008 - LoislawRefine current understanding of fire ecology for prominent plant species such as giant chinquapin. Proposed Action. The Forest Service proposes to implement ...

Photo Gallery: Green Valley Lake Fire  -  Oct 23, 2007
$3.50 - The Sun - NewsBank..."It's a smaller-scale 2003 event," said Richard Minnich, a professor of fire ecology at UC Riverside. "It's pretty much comparable in weather conditions, ...

What drove Victoria's deadly bushfires  -  Feb 10, 2009
NEWS.com.auThe University of Melbourne's senior lecturer in fire ecology and management, Kevin Tolhurst, said conditions on Black Saturday were some of the worst the ...

Article: SW fire district seeks tax increase to expand: Property tax...  -  Jul 13, 2006
Pay-Per-View - News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN) - HighBeam ResearchArticle: FOREST SERVICE TO SPONSOR SOUTHWEST FIRE ECOLOGY ... US Fed News Service, Including US State News; January 23, 2008 ; 536 words . ...

Forest Income will fund scholarships .  -  Jul 13, 2005
Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive...resource recreation and tour ism, wildlife resources, environmental science education, fire ecology and restoration ecology. Dirk Kempthorne said. ...

California's natural born killers  -  Oct 31, 2007
BBC NewsHowever, Trish Smith observed: "There is not much we can do to change the fire ecology because our natural systems here have evolved with fire. ...

Press Release: San Diego Declaration: Scientists Say Global Warming …  -  Aug 29, 2006
Pay-Per-View - PR Newswire - HighBeam ResearchDeclaration on Climate Change and Fire Management," released today by the Association for Fire Ecology, the world's largest assembly of fire ecologists. ...

Parks are for people  -  Jan 6, 2006
$2.95 - Chico Enterprise-Record - NewsBankFire ecology? How strange because it used to be that if you thought fire was wonderful and natural and good and things should burn so they could be cleaned ...

A tornado of fire - the science from hell  -  Aug 7, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldThe science behind them has been explained by Kevin Tolhurst, senior lecturer in fire ecology and management at Melbourne University, in evidence to the ...

Loislaw Federal District Court Opinions - SIERRA NEVADA FOREST …  -  Aug 16, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Loislaw Federal District Court Opinions - LoislawPlaintiffs filed comments on the DEIS, together with critiques from experts in the field of wildlife biology and fire ecology. (PSUF ¶ 14). ...

Large Scale Wildfires Fueled by California's Fire Climate, Says …  -  Oct 25, 2007
Free with registration - PR Newswire - AccessMyLibrary.comProfessor Blumler's background is in conservation of natural resources (BS) at Berkeley, where among other things, he conducted coursework on fire ecology ...

Fire outlook 'worst in four years'  -  Nov 20, 2009
The AustralianKevin Tolhurst is senior lecturer in fire ecology and management at Melbourne University. He said Victoria was in its 13th year of drought, ...

Federal Register 2007 - 72 FR 60410 Endangered and Threatened …  -  Oct 24, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2007 - LoislawWe appreciate the information the peer reviewer provided on fire ecology and recognize that genetic research is being conducted that may influence our ...

Four firefighters killed in Esperanza Fire, 400 residents trapped  -  Oct 26, 2006
Inland Valley Daily BulletinThe fire was burning in 30-year-old grass and shrubs, said Richard Minnich, a professor of fire ecology at the University of California, Riverside. ...

Firefighters United forSafety, Ethics, and Ecology  -  May 9, 2006
commondreams.org...and the secretary of the board of directors for the Association for Fire Ecology. I began my career in fire 25 years ago as a wildland firefighter for ...

Helping nature to help itself  -  Sep 22, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Jerusalem Post - ProQuest ArchiverAnd as early as 1951, he started research on fire ecology as pasture and range research scientist at the Ya'ar experimental station. ...

In the line of fire  -  Jan 15, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald...deadly misconceptions about what to do in a bushfire, how firefighters are trained, post-fire ecology, the management of fire-fighting resources, ...

Article: Rural retreats.(News) - The Journal (Newcastle, England) | …  -  Mar 3, 2007
Pay-Per-View - The Journal - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Australia Burning: Fire Ecology, Policy and ... Rural Society; June 22, 2005 ; 700+ words ...Cary, G, Lindenmayer, D & Dovers, S (eds) 2003, ...

Victoria fears fires will be worse than Black Saturday  -  Sep 15, 2009
NEWS.com.au - news.com.auKevin Tolhurst, senior lecturer in fire ecology and management at the University of Melbourne, said the long, dry spell was going to make any fires quite ...

When wildfires strike urban areas  -  Aug 13, 2009
CBC.ca...risk to homes in Canada is being compounded by two factors: global warming and the pine beetle, said Feller, who specializes in forest fire ecology. ...

Black Saturday fires equal to 1500 atomic bombs: expert  -  May 22, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldDr Tolhurst, senior lecturer in fire ecology and management at Melbourne University, also said fires could burn in an area for much longer than people are ...

A new front in fighting fires  -  Feb 23, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldHe is also a fire behaviour specialist and a senior lecturer in fire ecology and management at the University of Melbourne. ...

Town Talk  -  Jun 13, 2006
$2.95 - Daily Times - NewsBankThe emphasis is fire ecology and rehabilitation efforts. 11:30 am Friday, June 16 - San Juan Basin Health Department will close for an annual staff meeting. ...

How (Not) to Protect the Environment : Rolling Stone : National...  -  Aug 1, 2006
Rolling StoneSeriously, educate yourself on fire ecology. We wouldn't be in this fire mess if it weren't for Smokey. Even the forest service admits this and is trying to ...

Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar...  -  Jan 1, 2006
$4.95 - Geographical Review - ECNextDeftly combining the perspectives of fire ecology and political ecology and drawing on a variety of archival, documentary, interview, and field-based ...

Manzano Park Opens After Fire .  -  Dec 12, 2007
Independent - Google News Archive...fire also benefited the park by reducing the fuel load and providing potential opportunities for the. public to learn first-hand about fire ecology? ...

The passing of the former first lady (sorta) missed by enviros | Grist  -  Jul 17, 2007
grist.org...addresses habitat restoration, fire ecology, invasive species, grassland ecology, land ethics, environmental public education, and even sustainability. ...

A new report on the process  -  Feb 2, 2007
San Bernardino SunIn San Diego last November, the Association of Fire Ecology issued a declaration saying global warming could lead to more intense fires and completely ...

Study: Beetles May Reduce Wildfire Risk  -  Nov 29, 2006
FOXNews..."We are suggesting that the supposed fire risk is probably overblown," said Bill Romme, professor of fire ecology at Colorado State and the lead researcher. ...

Letters: Fire, Immigration, Etc.  -  Jul 3, 2007
$2.95 - Sacramento Bee - NewsBankIn addition he is considered by many to be the foremost expert on forest fire ecology. For a number of years, he has tried to tell everyone who would listen ...

Australian soldiers ready for bushfire duties  -  Oct 24, 2008
NEWS.com.auUniversity of Melbourne fire ecology and management lecturer Dr Kevin Tolhurst said many parts of Victoria were tinder boxes and preparing the army and air ...

Bushfire leader becomes laggard  -  Feb 11, 2009
NEWS.com.au - news.com.auIt developed many key concepts of fire ecology and models of bushfire behaviour. It pioneered landscape-scale prescribed burning as a method of bushfire ...

Study: Tree-Killing Beetle May Prevent Forest Fires  -  Nov 30, 2006
FOXNews..."We are suggesting that the supposed fire risk is probably overblown," said Bill Romme, professor of fire ecology at Colorado State and the lead researcher. ...

Greenery presents hazard  -  Apr 30, 2005
$3.50 - The Sun - NewsBank..."It's not a matter of replanting,' said Richard Minnich, a UC Riverside professor of fire ecology who has studied the San Bernardino National Forest for ...

Flames so fierce some victims may never be found  -  Feb 16, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldKevin Tolhurst, a Melbourne University senior lecturer in fire ecology and management, said the flames would have been about 1200 degrees when they roared ...

Local students attend TUNE camp  -  05 Aug 2009
Holyoke Enterprise...handle fire arms while shooting trap and rifles, archery, forest and fire ecology, wilderness survival, falconry and safely hiking the high country.

Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard  -  05 Aug 2009
The Register-Guard...using global positioning system devices, gone on a hike with an archaeologist, traveled to a fish hatchery, and studied botany and fire ecology.

Fire focus of two new OSU courses  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
Stillwater NewsPressUndergraduate students can take wildland fire ecology and management. Graduate students can enroll in ecology in fire dependent ecosystems.

Ecologists decry efforts to douse recent Calif. wildfire  -  ‎Jul 20, 2009‎
Scripps NewsTwo environmentalists who study fire ecology say community leaders shouldn't be applauding US Forest Service

Inland forests healthier, safer thanks to thinning efforts  -  ‎Jul 25, 2009‎
Press-EnterpriseThe move is a start, said one fire ecology expert, but the San Bernardino Mountains are still very dense and at risk of catastrophic fire.

Air pollution linked to increased fire threat  -  ‎Jul 13, 2009‎
The Desert Sun...“Those exotic grasses are the ones that are effecting the fire ecology in the park,� said Joe Zarki, a longtime ranger at Joshua Tree.

At FireLab, studying how fire works in order to battle it  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
CNET NewsIn the end, according to Hardy, FireLab has six main areas of research focus: Physical fire processes; Fuel dynamics; Fire ecology; Smoke emissions and

Local guide  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
Billings GazetteExtended walk around burned area, guided exploration of fire ecology and natural systems. $7. 238-4748, www.rimcountry.org. Saturday Adventure: 10 am-5 pm

Housing project in hot seat again  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
San Diego Union TribuneEscondido resident and fire expert Rick Halsey, director of fire ecology for The California Chaparral Institute, said he believes shelter-in-place is a

Greenery expert takes it one step greener  -  ‎Mar 22, 2009‎
Ventura County StarLater, taking inspiration from natural disasters, he created “firescapes� for the fire ecology of Southern California, and waterwise gardens that responded

Rangeland camp set for high schools  -  ‎Mar 15, 2009‎
MSNBCStudents learn plant identification, as well as principles of livestock and wildlife management, forestry, fire ecology, hydrology and water quality,

Community briefs: Mar 21  -  ‎Mar 20, 2009‎
Orland Press Register...related to rangelands, hydrology, livestock and wildlife management, forestry, fire ecology, management of river and stream habitats and more.

Community Briefs: Mar 13  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Orland Press Register...related to rangelands, hydrology, livestock and wildlife management, forestry, fire ecology, management of river and stream habitats and more.

Bartley: Take a walk through a wildlife wonderland at Avimor  -  ‎Mar 7, 2009‎
IdahoStatesman.comDuring the hike, we learned about the area's ecosystem, including fire ecology, soil, vegetation and wildlife. The six-mile trek took us into the high

Wyoming Calendar for March 3, 2009  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
The Casper Star Tribune...they will also educate the hikers about wildlife habitat and behavior, natural and geological history of the area, fire ecology and many other topics.

Flames so fierce some victims may never be found  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
Ararat AdvertiserKevin Tolhurst, a Melbourne University senior lecturer in fire ecology and management, said the flames would have been about 1200 degrees when they roared

Tea fire gains notoriety among California's conflagrations  -  Nov 15, 2008
Ventura County Star,Richard Minnich, a professor of Earth Sciences at UC Riverside, who specializes in fire ecology, said the massive wind-driven fires Californians have had in

Prescribed burns beneficial to land and animals  -  Nov 9, 2008
Ocala,By Lane Green As the executive director of Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, an internationally recognized leader in fire ecology research

Students torch earth in name of science  -  Nov 5, 2008
OSU - The Lantern,The course, Environment and Natural Resources 350.02, teaches students the concepts of fire ecology, fire behavior, the benefits fire has on ecosystems and

Expert spots fallen red gums  -  Oct 27, 2008
Country News,Kevin Tolhurst, a lecturer in fire ecology management at the University of Melbourne, said DSE workers prevented him from entering the 25 ha site of a fuel

Australian soldiers ready for bushfire duties  -  Oct 23, 2008
Melbourne Herald Sun,University of Melbourne fire ecology and management lecturer Dr Kevin Tolhurst said many parts of Victoria were tinder boxes and preparing the army and air

City is 'one big lab' for green ideas  -  Oct 28, 2008
The Canberra Times,It will encompass the skills of Aboriginal researchers working with Australia's biggest fire ecology program at Jervis Bay, and extend into the Snowy

Seventh graders get up close and personal with nature  -  Oct 21, 2008
Hot Springs Star,Conservation Service; Wildfire Suppression by Brian Daunt and his crew from Buffalo Gap National Grassland and Fire Ecology with Andy Thorsenson.

Scorched arboretum offers lessons on recovery  -  27 Sep 2008
Record-Searchlight,Endicott toured the fire-damaged area with Carl Skinner, a fire ecology expert with the US Forest Service, and Gary Nakamura, a forestry specialist with

Public invited for tour of Whiskeytown's recovery after fires  -  Sep 21, 2008
Record-Searchlight,...see what changes may occur in the landscape." For more information about fire ecology at Whiskeytown, go to www.nps.gov/whis/naturescience/fireecology.htm.

Bay Day: Birds, Bay & Butterflies on Saturday October 4  -  Sep 22, 2008
Wakulla.com,Black bears, butterflies, fall wildflowers, and fire ecology are just some of the subjects covered by free indoor presentations.

The books on the Pinelands  -  Sep 25, 2008
Asbury Park Press,There's detailed explanations for the Pine Plains, the dwarf pine forest on the southern Ocean-Burlington county boundary, and the "fire ecology" that

UC Riverside botanist explores relationship between drought ...  -  Sep 17, 2008
Press-Enterprise,...is important," Richard Minnick, a geography professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at UCR and a fire ecology expert, said of Santiago's research.

Lesson in fire safety for Bonny Doon residents  -  Sep 12, 2008
Santa Cruz Sentinel,Wednesday's program focused on fire ecology, preparation and restoration. "We need to get our community ready for the next fire," said Joe Christy,

New Belknap County forester has a diversified background  -  Sep 11, 2008
Laconia Citizen,He has an interest in Fire Ecology and Silviculture and volunteers with the Nottingham Conservation Commission and the Town of Barrington.

UCR Botanist to Study Role of Plants in Southern California's Drought  -  Sep 15, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),Richard Minnich, a professor of geography at UCR and fire ecology expert, noted that Southern California has been in a water deficit for urban and

Series Overview: Yellowstone's Evolution  -  Aug 31, 2008
NPR7) Yellowstone's Fire Ecology There was a common public misconception that Yellowstone was devastated by the 1988 fires. Vegetation management specialist

Wetland Lovers Brave Cold  -  Sep 14, 2008
Guyra Argus,Peter Clarke of the Botany Department The University of New England informed listeners of various aspects of fire ecology in peat swamps.

UC Riverside botanist to study role of plants in southern ...  -  Sep 11, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),Richard Minnich, a professor of geography at UCR and fire ecology expert, noted that Southern California has been in a water deficit for urban and

More broadband on horizon?  -  14 Aug 2008
Kern Valley Sun,Rock gave an overview of fire ecology, stating that fire is necessary and a natural part of a forest ecosystem, and explained that the focus is now on

Desert landscape no longer fends off fire naturally  -  Aug 13, 2008
Hi-Desert Star,...and the notorious Sahara mustard (Brassica tournefortii) — are playing in changing the Mojave and Colorado Deserts’ fire ecology.

McLaughlin Reserve hosts fire ecology lecture  -  Jul 27, 2008
Lake County News,LOWER LAKE – The University of California, Davis' McLaughlin Reserve will host a lecture and mini field trip this Saturday on fire ecology.

THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY CITES MAJOR FLAWS IN FINAL RECOVERY PLAN FOR ...  -  Aug 13, 2008
E-Wire (press release),...asked specialists in avian population dynamics, spotted owl ecology, forest ecology and management, and fire ecology to review the 2007 Draft Plan.

Date Book  -  Aug 11, 2008
Arizona Daily Wildcat,From 4:30-6 pm in the UofA Bookstore, UA professor Guy R. McPherson, an award-winning researcher, will discuss his new book, "Living with Fire: Fire Ecology

Other Voices: Fires are vital to the health of  -  Jul 30, 2008
The Union of Grass Valley,I appreciate your recent publication of Dr. Chad Hanson's "Other Voices" on fire ecology, and I would like to amplify a couple points.

Fire specialist has seen it all fighting wildfires  -  Aug 4, 2008
Billings Gazette,A new fire ecology has developed from the convergence of global warming, more people and more trees in the last 30 or so years, he said.

Award Recipient Has Enjoyed Growth of CSC Range Program  -  Jul 28, 2008
ReadMedia (press release),Through the years, Butterfield noted that Chadron State has added courses in range ecology, range fire ecology, vegetation inventory, and worked with

A Personal Account of Resilience and Prescribed Fire  -  Jul 27, 2008
RedOrbit,With a program of burning approxi- mately 100000 acres (40000 ha) per year, this is the place to learn about fire behavior and fire ecology.

Other Voices: Rethinking our views toward forest fire  -  Jul 23, 2008
The Union of Grass Valley,Dr. Chad Hanson (cthanson@ucdavis.edu) has a Ph.D. in ecology from UC Davis, and conducts research on fire ecology. He is also the director of the John Muir

Safe building and burning are solutions  -  Aug 3, 2008
Record-Searchlight,Although fire physics and fire ecology are complex, the solutions for the West are relatively simple. After 20 years in fire management, one of the things I

THE EDGE OF THE BURN  -  Jul 22, 2008
The Register-Guard,It’sa great place to backpack, explore, and learn a bit about fire ecology. The fire stopped 100 feet short of Duffy Lake, so you’ll see only green trees

Smokey Bear and other hot topics  -  Jul 16, 2008
Sierra Sun,He suggested a Web site: www.livingwithfire.com, which takes a look at fire ecology. Jessamyn Specht, son of Tom and Bobbi Specht, e-mailed the following

Books events  -  Aug 7, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,..."Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century." — UA Bookstore, 1209 E. University Blvd. Author and UA professor Guy R. McPherson

News Briefs  -  Jul 24, 2008
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide,On Sunday, July 27, "Fire Ecology at the Castle Rock Fire" will be at 10 am and a Junior Ranger program, "Fire" at 11 am at the Adams Gulch Trail Head.

Attend SNRA Interpretive programs  -  Jul 15, 2008
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide,A nature walk on "Fire Ecology at the Castle Rock Fire" will begin at 10 am followed by the Junior Ranger program, "Fire" at 11 am on Sunday, July 20,

News Briefs  -  Jul 22, 2008
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide,On Sunday, July 27, "Fire Ecology at the Castle Rock Fire" will be at 10 am and a Junior Ranger program, "Fire" at 11 am at the Adams Gulch Trail Head.

Around Pasadena  -  Jul 20, 2008
RedOrbit,There will be discussions on wildlife, geology, landslides and fire ecology. Those interested will meet at the San Gabriel Canyon Environmental Education

Wildfire Covers 8000 Acres  -  Jul 16, 2008
RedOrbit,Agee, author of "Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests," said he's not sure they've thinned nearly enough dead material.

Are Ethical ETs Fighting and Dying For Our Freedom?  -  25 Apr 2008
OpEdNews,Herb Stoddard was Ed's father's mentor, who later became know internationally as the father of Fire Ecology and who waged a lifetime info-war against Smokey

MEDIA TIP SHEET: WILDFIRE EXPERTS AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ...  -  Apr 16, 2008
Colorado State University (press release),Shawna Crocker, assistant staff forester, can discuss the 2008 Fire Ecology Institute for Educators. Thirty 4th -12th grade teachers will explore fire and

Extraterrestrials, Military Flight Commanders and Citizen Diplomats  -  Apr 17, 2008
Canadian National Newspaper,Herb Stoddard was Ed's father's mentor, who later became know internationally as the father of Fire Ecology and who waged a lifetime info-war against

Up from the ashes  -  Mar 30, 2008
OCRegister,By MARY ANN MILBOURN When Kerry Zolg brought her 9-year-old son Garrett to Rancho Soñado Sunday for the Fire Ecology program, she figured it would just be

Rebirth on the Gunflint  -  Apr 19, 2008
Duluth News Tribune,He’s even offered guided fire ecology canoe trips into burned areas. Other guests want to avoid any burned areas, to see the wilderness as they remember it.

Booming birds face bust times  -  Apr 19, 2008
Kansas.com,Sam Fuhlendorf, a fire ecology specialist and wildlife professor at Oklahoma State University, said his school has studies showing how a different regimen

Garden tour by Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and ...  -  Apr 9, 2008
Los Angeles Times,The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, in conjunction with Los Padres Forest Watch, hosts "Rare Plants and Fire," the third lecture in a fire ecology series.

President Bush presents Helena, Mont., students with environmental ...  -  Apr 17, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...on how grazing can affect river banks, bird populations, backyard wildlife, plants on the Missouri River, fire ecology, giardia, and global warming.

Video: Our regional forester visits Twin Falls  -  Apr 1, 2008
Sun Valley Online.com (press release),Continuing with the fire topic, we asked Forsgren whether fire ecology should be made a part of the public education curriculum.

Loss of prairie chickens worries scientists  -  Apr 21, 2008
Hays Daily News,Sam Fuhlendorf, a fire ecology specialist and wildlife professor at Oklahoma State University, said studies show rotating burns on designated areas of

Comments on this Story  -  Apr 3, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,I am sure your degree in fire ecology and your years of scientific research were put to good use in making it. Your expert opinion is always welcome.

News in brief  -  Mar 27, 2008
New Mexican,Three dozen speakers will cover recent studies in geology, soils, climate, hydrology, water quality, fire ecology, endangered species, wildlife, fisheries,

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