Park, North Fork fires cloud Cody skies Oct 4, 2009
justthinkaboutit wrote on Sep 29, 2009 9:04 AM:" Jodie...you should look into fire ecology and the reasons why fire is 100% necessary. By using the phrase "Let it Burn" shows me that you know nothing about the science of fire. I suggest you keep your 2 cents and use them to take a class/buy a book on fire ecology! ...and then check your own head! ". Jodie Harmon wrote on Sep 28, 2009 10:57 PM:" Ya know - The Let Burn Policy SUCKS - I don't care how much you try to prove that it helps the forest... (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Angeles Nat'l Forest Fires Spur Phase II of the CA Wildfire Restoration Initiative Sep 18, 2009
"We're waiting for the Forest Service's soil scientists, ecologists, hydrologists and foresters to assess the damage and prescribe the appropriate restoration strategies consistent with fire ecology in mountain areas." TreePeople's work to organize and deploy volunteers in fire damaged mountains is best used after the land has cooled and has tried to heal itself. Since the early 1970s TreePeople has been bringing volunteers to replant and care for forests in the Los Angeles region. (PR Newswire)
California Ablaze Sep 9, 2009
Although the Indians were simply intent on driving game out of the hills, they were practicing a kind of fire ecology. Repeated burns prevented a buildup of fuel, and the fires were usually not able to burn with the heat and intensity necessary to kill trees. (The American Conservative)
Guest opinion: Dead trees essential to ecosystem Aug 26, 2009
Unfortunately, most of this perspective is based upon the misapplication of fire ecology ideas from other places and/or simply a lack of historic perspective ... George Wuerthner has published 35 books, including two on fire ecology. (Montana Standard, MT)
• Walking among wildlfowers Jun 18, 2009
The fire ecology walk, organized by the Sawtooth Botanical Garden as part of its Summer Wildflower Walks, may well have been the first organized trip into Adam's Gulch to see the changes that the 2007 Castle Rock Fire produced. The walkers seemed amazed to see that the area was so vibrant less than two years after the fire. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Black Saturday fires equal to 1500 atomic bombs: expert May 22, 2009
Dr 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 led to believe from fire-safety information, which suggested a fire-front would pass in about 10 minutes. He said this timeframe was true of fronts, but not of "fire-activity areas" dotted with spot fires, where the area could remain dangerous to life from radiant heat for an hour or more. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Outdoors Events Mar 12, 2009
Birds and fire ecology. On March 17, at 7 p.m. at Fish, Wildlife and Parks meeting room, the Last Chance Audubon Society will host Vicki Saab, a research biologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
A new front in fighting fires Feb 24, 2009
He is also a fire behaviour specialist and a senior lecturer in fire ecology and management at the University of Melbourne. "Using fuel (type), topography and weather conditions, we can look at the probability of a fire and its impact," Dr Tolhurst says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Flames so fierce some victims may never be found Feb 16, 2009
Kevin Tolhurst, a Melbourne University senior lecturer in fire ecology and management, said the flames would have been about 1200 degrees when they roared across the state. He had calculated the areas burnt and the energy released from the fires would equal 400 to 500 Hiroshima atomic bombs and have generated 80,000 kilowatts per metre of flame front. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Australia announces day of mourning over bushfires Feb 12, 2009
An expert in fire ecology said the heat expelled in the deadly fires "equalled about 500 atomic bombs landing on Hiroshima". Kevin Tolhurst, of the University of Melbourne, told the Herald Sun that , hurricane-force winds and extremely high temperatures after a record heatwave combined to create the world's worst conditions for a deadly firestorm. (guardian.co.uk)
Heat similar to Dresden Feb 9, 2009
A University of Melbourne senior lecturer in fire ecology and management, Kevin Tolhurst, said the radiant heat - the heat given off by the fires - would itself have been enough to kill. "When it gets close, you have enormous radiation loads.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
