Fire Ecology and Forestry

Fire Ecology and Forestry

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In an effort to reach an expanded audience for the Tall Timbers E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database , the Library is helping create a new web-based gateway for fire information called the Southern Fire Portal (SFP). The goal of the SFP is to provide portal users with single point access to fire data, documents, projects, tools, and websites related to fire and natural resource management in the southern United States. A diverse group of federal, national, regional, and state organizations is partnering to create and publicize the SFP. The Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Database and the Southern Research Station’s online Encyclopedia of Southern Fire ... Read Full Story
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There are several different types of hoses used by fire fighters. Most commonly, fire hoses consist of at least one layer of woven material on the out layer, with in interior rubber lining. There are two fields of fire hoses; those meant to operate under negative pressure, and those meant to operate under positive pressure. Positive pressure hoses include the attack hose, supply hose, relay hose, forestry hose, and booster hose. • Attack hose – A flexible hose used to transfer water from the fire pumper to the nozzle. These hoses have a standard length of 50 feet and are designed to operate at ... Read Full Story
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Purpose Tall Timbers’ Fire Ecology Conferences were begun in 1962 by Tall Timbers Research Station to provide an international forum for the presentation of new research and discussion of current topics in the area of Fire Ecology. This conference and its proceedings were the first to focus on the emerging new field of Fire Ecology and played a key historic role in the recognition of fire as a natural ecosystem process. Over the years, the conference theme has focused on various current topics and ecosystems where open discourse and sharing of information has been needed to refine research direction and thought. The peer-reviewed proceedings ... Read Full Story
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The news is full of the fires in Los Angeles, which makes my blood run cold. September fires—often riled by Santana Winds which seem not to be blowing now—were a feature of my San Diego childhood. We lived in town, near the ocean, but that did not prevent the skies from growing dark with smoke several times as wildfires raged in the back country. But the question arises, as firefighters try to stop these fires from destroying houses and to rescue people who stubbornly refused to leave, why do people build in areas where fires have been a normal part of the ecologicl process ... Read Full Story
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Carolina asked: and what is the difference between wildlife conservation and conservation ecology and forestry? I am trying to distingush a major and I am all about conservayion and am strongly against land development. Question posted courtesy of: Caffeinated Content for WordPress Read Full Story
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The planet has a fever and how we cool it down is the challenge of the century. How do we start? According to advocates of a branch of scientific techniques known as geo-engineering, the only approach is to think big and change the planet's ecosystem before it changes us. Are we ready for these four scientific experiments on a truly global scale? More on Green Technology  
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Ecology was originally split into two branches: autecology (ecology of species) and synecology (ecology of species assemblages, communities, ecosystems).A great challenge is to put the two together and work at multiple temporal and spatial scales: synecology  
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Modifications enforcing a cleaner burn inside the engine. The result is a reduced carbon footprint exiting your engineGlendale,CA,USA -Engine Ecology (PR), by Dan Renner -18 Nov 2009: ... Engine Ecology brings about greenhouse gas pollution reduction very simply with our engine air intake system modifications... Burn more fuel inside of your engine rather than spitting it out of your exhaust with Engine Ecology's modifications to your...  
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan — The Ecology Center's latest testing of children's toys and apparel is still finding lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic and other harmful chemicals in items on store shelves.For the past two years the annual toy test results have...  
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Saint Mary's professor Capriulo diesContra Costa TimesHe had been at Saint Mary's since 1997, and taught environmental science, evolution and ecology, general ecology, marine biology, marine ecology, ...In memory: Professor Gerard CapriuloSMC Collegianall 3 news articles »  
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