A Fuels Management Bibliography with Subject Index M.E

A FUELS MANAGEMENT BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH SUBJECT INDEX M.E. Alexander he primary purpose of fuels vide a comprehensive review and a 70-year record of publishing on management has been to lessen bibliography of the entire field. all aspects of wildland fire manage- T potential fire behavior and, ment. While early emphasis was on thereby, increase the probability of The current efforts of the Forest fire protection and fire suppression, successful containment (Alexander Service’s (2004) Applied Wildland it wasn’t long before articles deal- 2003). More specifically, it has been Fire Research in Support of Project ing with fuels management began to decrease the rate of fire and, in Level Hazardous Fuels Planning to appear. turn, fire size and intensity—as well Project to review and summarize as crowning and spotting potential. the existing information on fuel Bunton (2000), in Fire treatments in dry forests of the Management Today issue 60(1), In recent years, fuels management Western United States (<http://for- identified and indexed, by subject, has become viewed as a means of est.moscowfsl.wsu.edu/fuels/>) are all the fuels management related reducing or minimizing the adverse obviously a very worthy undertak- articles that had been published impacts of wildfires (Agee and ing. Commensurate with this effort between 1970 and 1999 in Fire Skineer 2005; Outcalt and Wade has been the publication of recent Control Notes, Fire Management, 2004; Weatherspoon and Skinner symposia proceedings (Omi and and Fire Management Notes. 1995). Joyce 2003; Andrews and Butler 2006). But much still remains to be Unfortunately, knowing what Need for Bibliography collated and summarized. articles have been published on I’ve found that very few efforts have the subject of fuels management been made to summarize the exist- Thus, this need for a comprehen- between 1936 and 1969 is not so ing literature on the subject of fuels sive bibliography of relevant arti- readily available. Summary indexes management and its effectiveness in cles on fuels management for both were published by Fire Control boreal and temperate ecosystems. manager and research alike. That is Notes in 1942, 1955, 1963, and what this bibliography—presented 1969. A few exceptions can be found in this article—is intended to do. on selected topics (e.g., Agee and It consolidates and highlights what Thanks to a concerted effort 2000; Alexander 2002, 2004c, 2005, Fire Management Today and its pre- by several people, with Delvin 2006b; Fernandes and Botelho decessors provide regarding fuels Bunton, systems analyst, Forest 2003; Greenlee and Sapsis 1996; management, up to, and including, Service, Ecosystem Management Martin and Brackebusch 1974; the Fall 2006 (Vol. 66, No. 4) issue. Coordination Staff, Natural Martinson and Omi 2003). However, This fulfills a void that existing bib- Resource Information System, there has been no attempt to pro- liographies have failed to address Sandy, OR, taking the lead, all (Schumann 2001; Kumagai and past issues of Fire Management Daniels 2002). Today, as well as the journal’s Dr. Marty Alexander is a senior fire behav- predecessors—Fire Control Notes, ior research officer with the Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, This comprehensive bibliography Fire Management Notes, and Fire and an adjunct professor of widland includes 117 articles—listed under Management—are now available on fire science and management in the 12 subject areas—that date back to Fire Management Today’s Web site Department of Renewable Resources, (<http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/fmt/>) University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 1939. Canada. At the time of this writing, he was (Editor 2006). This accessibility has on assignment as a senior researcher with Seven-Decade greatly increased the exposure of the Wildland Fire Operations Research Publishing Record the journal for the global wildland Group, Forest Engineering Research fire management community. Institute of Canada, Hinton, Alberta, Fire Management Today and its Canada. predecessors, collectively, now have Fire Management Today 44 Bibliographies This comprehensive bibliography includes By Subject 117 articles—listed under 12 subject areas— that date back to 1939. Broadcast Slash, Pile, and Snag Burning Ash, L.W. 1951. Paper-covered piled slash. Murphy, J.L.; Green, L.R.; Bentley, J.R. Keeley, J.E. 2005. Chaparral fuel modifica- Fire Control Notes. 12(3): 18–19. 1967. Fuel–breaks – effective aids, not tion: What do we know – and need to Fahnestock G.R. 1954. Roofing slash piles cure–alls. Fire Control Notes. 28(1): 4–5. know? Fire Management Today. 65(4): can save—or lose—you dollars. Fire Murphy, E.E.; Murphy, J.L. 1965. Value of a 11–12. Control Notes. 15(3): 22–26. timber fuel break – the Wet Meadow Fire. Manning, D. 1990. Vegetative management Gilmore, R.; Blaine, C. 1960. Box for paper Fire Control Notes. 26(4): 3–4. in the wildland–urban interface. Fire used to cover slash piles. Fire Control Sipe, H. 1953. Railroad bulldozers fire- Management Notes. 51(4): 14–15. Notes. 21(1): 29–30. break. Fire Control Notes. 14(4): 29. Waisel, Y.; Friedman, J. 1966. Use of tama- Johansen, R.W. 1981. Windrows vs. small Wagstaff, A.J. 1942. Firebreak prevents rix trees to restrict fires in Israel. Fire piles for forest debris disposal. Fire larger fires. Fire Control Notes. 6(3): Control Notes. 27(2): 3–4, 15. Management Notes. 42(2): 7–9. 114–115, 127. Johnson, V.J. 1984. How shape affects Williston, H.L.; Conarro, R.M. 1970. Fuel Hazards the burning of slash piled debris. Fire Firebreak of many uses. Fire Control Dell, J.D. 1970. Road construction slash: Management Notes. 45(3): 12–15. Notes. 31(1): 11–13. Potential fuse for wildfire? Fire Control Maule, W.M. 1954. Hazard reduction by Notes. 31(1): 3. snag burning. Fire Control Notes. 15(3): Fuel Conversion Forman, O.L.; Longarce, D.W. 1971. Fire 27–29. potential increased by weed killers. Fire Morford, L. 1958. Slash disposal by burn- and Vegetation Control Notes. 31(3): 11–12 ing on the Klamath. Fire Control Notes. Manipulation Johnson, R.F. 1963. The roadside fire prob- 19(4): 141–143. Baldwin, J.J. 1968. Chaparral conversion lem. Fire Control Notes. 24(1); 5–7. Schimke, H.E.; Murphy, J.L. 1966. provides multiple benefits on the Tonto Nordwell, D.S. 1941. Spread of cheatgrass Protective coatings of asphalt and wax National Forest. Fire Control Notes. increases fire hazard. Fire Control Notes. emulsions for better slash burning. Fire 29(4): 8–10. 5(3): 143. Control Notes. 27(2): 5–6. Davis, W.S. 1949. The rate of spread–fuel Tester, M.E. 1964. Fire hazard on Tobago. Stradt, G.H. 1950. Debris burning on the density relationship. Fire Control Notes. Fire Control Notes. 25(2): 11–12, 16. Ouachita. Fire Control Notes. 11(4): 4–5. 10(2): 8–9. USDA Forest Service, Division of Fire USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Division Editor. 1954. Sheep fight fire. Fire Control Research. 1951. Are snags a fire problem? of Fire Control. 1952. Paper for covering Notes. 15(3): 26. Fire Control Notes. 12(4): 19. piled slash. Fire Control Notes. 13(3): 46. Farnsworth, A.; Summerfelt, P. 2002. Williams, D.E. 1956. Fire hazard resulting Flagstaff interface treatment prescription: from jack pine slash. Fire Control Notes. Chemical Fuel Results in the wildland–urban interface. 17(4): 1–8. Treatments Fire Management Today. 62(2): 13–18. Blanchard, R.K. 1947. Killing brush with 2, 4–D. Fire Control Notes. 8(2/3): 13–17. Bruce, H.D. 1939. Sterilizing soil with chemicals for firebreak maintenance. Fire This Is What Fuel Management Control Notes. 3(1): 17–21. Is All About Davis, J.B. 1971. Diammonium phosphate prevents roadside fires. Fire Control Where we manage land for spe- all land use activities will some Notes. 32(1): 7–9. cific uses, we alter the timing, way influence the potential for Morton, D.H.; Fine, E. 1969. Chemical thin- ning reduces fire hazard. Fire Control amount, and condition of the veg- vegetation to be adversely affected Notes. 30(3): 5–7, 15. etation and associated debris. We by insect or disease epidemics, Ward, E.J. 1957. The effect of certain veg- change its readiness to burn. We windthrow or breakage, wildfire, etation eradicators on the flammability of various materials. Fire Control Notes. convert green fuel to dead fuel. and other hazards. The choices 18(1): 29–32. As a strictly functional activity we make concerning what, where, of fire protection, fuel manage- and how we manipulate vegeta- Firebreaks and ment could lead one into the trap tion ought to be tempered by the Fuelbreaks of managing land simply for the expected hazard associated with Crandall, C.R. 1980. Firebreaks for railroad sake of successful fire control. such activities. This, basically, rights–of–way. Fire Management Notes. To avoid this trap, we must view is what fuel management is all 41(4): 9–10. Davis, W.S. 1951. Nebraska firebreaks. Fire fuel management in relation to about. Control Notes. 12(1): 40–43. all land management objectives. –A. P. Brackebusch (1973) Dell, J.D. 1965. A new experimental fire We must be keenly aware that area in Southern California. Fire Control Notes. 26(3): 5–7. Volume 67 • No. 1 • Winter 2007 45 Hof, J. 2004. Diversifying fuels man- Fuel Management agement to offset uncertainty. Fire Fuel Properties Decision Support Management Today. 64(2): 22–23. and Assessment Systems and Aids Graham, R.T.; Finney, M.A.; Cohen, J.; Techniques Robichaud, P.R.; Romme, W.; Kent, Editor. 1981. Need help with fuels apprais- Bruce, D. 1952. Fuel weights on the B. 2005. Hayman Fire impacts. Fire al? Fire Management Notes.

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