Tribal chairman talks about the Flathead Project; Oil and gas leasing of trust lands topic of meetings; Bingo commission forms in Polson; New Bureau policy causes Tribal protest; President answers letter from Indian Country; Indian group sponsors...
Lightning -- United States. ;<br> Forest fires -- United States.
This report describes a model for predicting the number of lightning-caused ignitions in forest fuels. The model is based on the physical processes involved in ignition of fine woody fuels by lightning and the chance occurrence of the simultaneous...
Trout. ;<br> Fishes. ;<br> Population forecasting. ;<br> Grazing Environmental aspects. ;<br> Great Basin.
COWFISH (Lloyd 1986) is a model designed to estimate livestock impacts on stream-riparian features and to estimate impacts on fish abundance and fisheries economic values. COWFISH is listed as a working model by the United States Environmental...
'Straw vote' this Staurday may select new Polson Council representative; Council finally decides on $300 per capita payment; Council votes to charge members for Char-Koosta; New 'reduce-the-Council' petition reactivated; Council follows through on...
Federal energy agency hires Tribes to study fish and geese; Do you have to pay Federal tax on posts, poles or Christmas trees?; Manpower offers OJT; Flathead Irrigation Project research; Tribal court decisions enforced by state courts only if filed...
Council bows to pressure, votes 6 - 3 for per capita; Move to Portland may have BIA afoot; Power bills jump this month; Flathead Irrigation Project is under fire; Crisis center may open this month; St. Ignatius gets 'rehab' money from state; The...
Indian water rights to be explained; Council votes for clean air; Bucks, bears and breathable air; 'No go' on fluoridation; TERS is not 'going under' this year; Camel to fight in California; Grizzly shot on Reservation; Flu shots available from...
Secretarial election registration drive yields 627 voters; District meeting to explain secretarial election issues; Still time to register for college; Plumbing course to be offered; Indian water statement; Council highlights; Fourth quarterly set...
Lawyers to finalize bathhouse agreement; 'A real crisis exists': Homemaker Program in trouble; Intent clarified; Graduations; Camel wins in Nevada; Tribe's water claim contested; Introducing Dr. Al Spang; Dumbeck honored at Gonzaga; Tribe's smoke...
Idaho Kootenais appeal for help, tribe responds; Tribe - labor department can't agree on job corps; Annual bison roundup to start October 7; Tribal manpower lands $173,686 for employment; Lucille otter rounding up tribal votes; Coming home to a...
Committee to Run Pow Wow; Hot Springs Meeting; Arlee Councilman Candidates; Holy family hospital- Use it or lose it!; HUD Housing Director; Tribal Income Report; Maintainence Program Not Free; Gone fishing!;
Both Commodities and Food Stamps May Be Available; No Blood on Tattered Hellgate Treaty; Con-Con Committee Miffed Over Constitution Draft; "Containerized" Seedlings Being Studies By BIA; Proposes Formation of Indian Block Vote Plan;...
Arlee Pow-wow starts Tuesday, Rodeo begins Wednesday; Fed. Spokesman Advises Using Legal Channels; Frizzell Praises Council's Attitude; Tribe-BPA Settle on Power Right of Way; Lake County Will Switch to Food Stamps July 1; "No Sale" on...
1987 Tribal election details, Twenty-three certified to run in November primary for Tribal Council; Career fair to be family-oriented this year; Char-Koosta News' Policy for Candidates' statements - 1987 Tribal election; Healing center is 'new,...
Pinyon pines -- United States ;<br> Junipers -- United States ;<br> Pinyon pines -- United States.
Two probability proportional to size (p.p.s.) sampling methods have been adapted for use in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Procedures are described for estimating biomass, stand basal area, canopy cover, tree density, and growth rates using either point...
The Scenic Beauty Estimation Method (SBE) provides quantitative measures of esthetic preferences for alternative wildland management systems. Extensive experimentation and testing with user, interest, and professional groups validated the method....
Functional forms of equations were derived for predicting 10-year periodic height increment of forest trees from height, diameter, diameter increment, and habitat type. Crown ratio was considered as an additional variable for prediction, but its...
Fire extinction - - Chemical systems. ;<br> Fire extinction - - Research.
Several fire retardants in current use were dropped from the Canadair CL-215 to determine drop height effects and for evaluation of the tank and gating system. Mathematical models for each retardant and load size were developed for predicting the...
Flame spread - - Mathematical models. ;<br> Wildfires - - Prevention and control - - Mathematical models.
Experimental evidence from 250 test fires confirms the general formulation of Rothermel's 1972 mathematical model for predicting fire spread in wildland fuels. Numerical coefficients are reevaluated for the empirical relations governed by fuel bed...
Coal mines and mining - - West (U.S.) ;<br> Strip mining - - West (U.S.)
Sudden changes in the level of coal mining activity in an area can cause immediate and profound changes in every facet of life in a rural community. Local officials and administrators of Federal and State governments often bear the brunt of...