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Fire management challenges and opportunities for land managers: using Okefenokee and Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuges as examples

Reeves, Cole, Savery
Managers of designated wilderness or conservation areas, especially those that are fire-dependent, often face a major dilemma. It is essential that fire perform its natural role of rejuvenating the ecosystem. Standards of environmental regulation,…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

The liability and environmental consequences of not burning in California

Bakken
In California, the percentage of wildland which is prescribed burned has been declining for many years. Fear of litigation, environmental concerns, and public perceptions seem to be the stumbling blocks. Is the reverse true: if we stop prescription…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

A model for prehistoric economies of the yellowstone plateau during the Altithermal

Cannon
One of the more debated issues in western North American prehistory is the effect of postglacial maximum warmth and aridity on hunter-gatherer groups. Antevs (1955) described the 'Long Drought,' or Altithermal, as a period of warmer than present…
Type: Document
Year: 1996

Remembering the La Mesa Fire

Lissoway
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Type: Document
Year: 1996

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

Van Pelt, Swetnam
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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

The importance of archeological sites related to the naval stores industry in Florida

Forney
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Type: Document
Year: 1987

The Bandelier blowup

Armistead
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Type: Document
Year: 1981