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Vegetation composition, structure, and chronological change in a decadent midwestern North American savanna remnant

Bowles, McBride
Fire-maintained oak savannas on silt-loam soils essentially disappeared from midwestern North America soon after European settlement because of fire suppression and agriculture. As a result, there are no precise models for restoring this vegetation…
Type: Document
Year: 1998

How agencies can achieve fire management objectives while protecting cultural resources: a look at the southwest

Lissoway
The rejuvenating effects of natural fires prior to 1900 in Southwestern forest communities have been replaced by recent, unprecedented crownfires. These wildfires have given rise to planned expansion of management fire as a tool for ecosystem…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Heritage resources and fire management: a resource management crossroads

Cartledge
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Type: Document
Year: 1996

Remembering the La Mesa Fire

Lissoway
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Type: Document
Year: 1996

Oak ecosystems and human-set fires in the midwest: from prehistoric to historic times

Bray
From the text... 'The purpose of this report is to attempt to evaluate the evidence for widespread human manipulation of the environment in the Midwestern United States. The study will focus primarily on the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,…
Type: Document
Year: 1995

Conservation and stewardship of tree-ring resources: living trees and subfossil wood

Van Pelt, Swetnam
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Type: Document
Year: 1990

The enduring resource of wilderness

Fege, Corrigall
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Type: Document
Year: 1990

Indian fires in the prehistory of New England

Patterson, Sassaman
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Type: Document
Year: 1988

Archeological considerations for park and wilderness fire management planning

Anderson
Land managers are becoming increasingly aware that cultural resources are a fragile and nonrenewable part of the environment that must be protected. Legislation has been enacted at the Federal and State levels to protect these resources. There is…
Type: Document
Year: 1985

Archeological and historical basis for forest succession in eastern North America

Buckner
The meaning of 'natural' as a guideline for managing public forests is questioned. Evidence of a rapidly shifting flora over eastern North America in recent geologic time is presented along with historical evidence of the open character of the…
Type: Document
Year: 1983