Principal findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate (FFS) study are presented in an annotated bibliography and summarized in tabular form by site, discipline (ecosystem component), treatment type, and major theme. Composed of 12 sites, the FFS is a comprehensive multidisciplinary experiment designed to evaluate the costs and ecological consequences of alternative fuel reduction treatments in seasonally dry forests of the United States. The FFS has a common experimental design across the 12-site network, with each site a fully replicated experiment that compares four treatments: prescribed fi re, mechanical treatments, mechanical + prescribed fire, and an unmanipulated control. We measured treatment cost and variables within several components of the ecosystem, including vegetation, the fuel bed, soils, bark beetles, tree diseases, and wildlife in the same 10-ha experimental units. This design allowed us to assemble a fairly comprehensive picture of ecosystem response to treatment at the site scale, and to compare treatment response across a wide variety of conditions.

This guidebook describes The Island Research Natural Area, an 84-ha (208-ac) tract established to represent examples of the western juniper/big sagebrush/bluebunch wheatgrass (Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia tridentata/Pseudoroegneria spicata), and the western juniper/big sagebrush-antelope bitterbrush/bluebunch wheatgrass (Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia tridentata-Purshia tridentata/Pseudoroegneria spicata) plant associations.

This guidebook describes Horse Ridge Research Natural Area, a 243-ha (600-ac) tract established to represent an example of the western juniper/big sagebrush/ threadleaf sedge (Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia tridentata/Carex filifolia) plant association.

The Malheur model for fire-caused delayed mortality is presented as an easily interpreted graph (mortality-probability calculator) as part of a one-page field guide that allows the user to determine postfire probability of mortality for ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.).

Over the past 30 years, the Pacific Northwest Interagency Natural Areas Committee has promoted the establishment and management of natural areas in Oregon and Washington--protected areas devoted to research, education, and conservation of biodiversity.

Excess nitrogen stemming from human activities is a common water pollutant. Fertilizer runoff, sewage, and fossil fuel emission all contain nitrogen that often ends in streams, rivers, and ultimately the ocean.

Two series of single and stereo photographs display a range of natural conditions and fuel loadings in post-hurricane forests in the southeastern United States. Each group of photos includes inventory information summarizing vegetation composition, structure and loading, woody material loading and density by size class, forest floor loading, and various site characteristics. The natural fuels photo series is designed to help land managers appraise fuel and vegetation conditions in natural settings.

We used two data sets to evaluate stream and watershed condition for sixth-field watersheds in each aquatic province within the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) area: stream data and upslope data. The stream evaluation was based on inchannel data (e.g., substrate, pieces of large wood, water temperature, pool frequency, and macroinvertebrates) we sampled from 2002 to 2009 (193 watersheds) as part of a repeating sample design. We just completed our first round of sampling, so only current condition was calculated for this data set. When condition scores for the inchannel data were grouped into categories, relatively few fell into the low (10 percent) and very low (1 percent) categories. The majority of inchannel attribute scores fell into the moderate (35 percent) and high (41 percent) condition ranges, with relatively few (12 percent) in the very high category. For low-scoring watersheds, water temperature was often the most influential factor. Aquatic invertebrate scores also appeared influential in producing the low scores.

We describe a food-based system for quantitatively evaluating habitat quality for deer called the Forage Resource Evaluation System for Habitat and provide its rationale and suggestions for use. The system was developed as a tool for wildlife biologists and other natural resource managers and planners interested in evaluating habitat quality and, especially, comparing two or more patches of habitat or the same patch at different seasons or under different conditions. It is based on the quantity (of biomass) and quality (digestible energy and digestible protein) of the habitat's food resources in relation to user-specified metabolic requirements of deer (which differ with species, age, sex, season, and reproductive status). It uses a linear programming algorithm to determine the suitable forage that can sustain deer at the specified requirements.

At last a stable cross browser method of centering a variable width float left dropdown menu.

A set of 7 variations on the 3 column equal height theme. All full width with header and footer, a mixture of fixed and percentage column widths and no images.

An update to one of my early gallery demonstrations to bring it up to date using the latest CSS techniques.

An update to one of my early 'one page' demonstrations to bring it up to date using the latest CSS techniques.

A CSS only method of hovering over text OR associated images to highlight both AND grey out other images.

There have been many methods of centering unordered lists of unknown width, but this is the one I have found to be most robust.

A previous professional droplist menu with the additional feature of a dropline heading with droplists giving extra lists within the same dropdown.

Added a click to open and also a reclick to close feature.

A method of replacing menu link text with rollover png images that works in IE6 and also degrades well when images are of and/or CSS is off.

A method of creating irregular shaped image maps with ease exploiting an odd effect when using Microsofts AlphaImageLoader to render background PNG images. Only for IE though.

A dropdown menu using top level png images with the submenu used for image information.

Using CSS3 selectors to animate a series of static images.

Using webkit keyframes to continuously anumate a set of cubes.

A menu using the float/drop technique using background images with hover change and breadcrumb trail.

Another menu using the float/drop technique using total background images with hover change and breadcrumb trail.

A CSS3 animated droplist menu with slide up/down and fade in/out for browsers that support transitions

A tutorial to explain how the float.drop menu system works.

A flyline / dropdown menu with CSS3 enhancements for browsers that support animation.

A slide out menu with CSS3 enhancements for browsers that support animation.

Using CSS3 to produce an animated tabs menu with no images.

A sliding panel demo using CSS3 and IE time:animate for smooth sliding action.

Using CSS3 to produce an animated sliding dropdown flyout menu.

Using CSS3 to animated a simple set of thumbnail images and their associated large image.

Using the no hacks float drop technique to produce a multi-column dropdown menu.

A CSS only answer to javascript/jQuery pull-down information panels (version 2).

Using CSS3 to rotate, slide and enlarge a set of images.

Using CSS3 to animate a set of thumbnail images.

Using CSS3 to produce a set of sliding information panels for photo links.

Using CSS3 to produce a sequence of image animations and a slide down sub menu system.

Using CSS3 to rotate a card to see the reverse using 'perspective'. For Safari ONLY at the moment

Using CSS3 and the latest discoveries and techniques to have a click action image information panels.

Using the latest techniques to update the previous lightbox demos.

Using CSS3 to produce an animated drop down menu that look like jQuery.

Using CSS to cycle though a set of images.

Using CSS3 to animate a page flip to show two inner pages.

Using CSS3 to animate a page flip to show two inner pages with a little twist.

A drop panel menu with multiple configurations, rows, column, galleries flyout/dropdown sub menus, forms, suitable for the iPad, iPhone etc..

An image enlarger with animation, title and descriptive text (which can contain links)..

A show/hide information panels using click to open and close.

A CSS3 animation to stretch a search box on focus.

Using CSS3 to rotate a set of images.