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A collaborative scientific framework for restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems of the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico [abstract]

McCarthy, Wood
The Jemez Mountains Project is a part of the North American Fire Learning Network (FLN), a collaborative venture of the USDA Forest Service, the Department of the Interior and The Nature Conservancy. Project partners include Bandelier National…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

Fire and southeastern Amerindian culture [abstract]

Carroll, Kapeluck, Van Lear
Abundant evidence places man in North America about 12,000 years ago. Emigrating from Eurasia, they brought with them one of their most important tools, fire. Their use of fire to manage the landscape was undoubtedly one of the most important…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

Fire ecology assessment tool -- monitoring wildland fire and prescribed fire for adaptive management

Sexton
Prescribed fire has been recognized for years as an effective for tool managing wildlands. However, there are many resource managers who remain sceptical that fire is the appropriate tool for managing some ecosystems and especially some specific…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

Fire ecology of the mountain pine, Pinus harwegii

Rodríguez-Trejo
Pinus hartwegii is found in 17 states in Mexico, from 3 000 to more than 4 000 m above sea level. It is typical of the highest portions of mountains and above 3 500 m forms pure open stands associated with grasses and some shrubs. Among the natural…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

References on the American Indian use of fire in ecosystems

Williams
From page 1: 'Evidence for the purposeful use of fire by American Indians--also termed Native Americans, Indigenous People, and First Nations/People in many ecosystems has been easy to document but difficult to substantiate. Many researchers and…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

Smokechasing

Pyne
'Painting, architecture, politics, even gardening and golf-all have their critics and commentators,' observes Stephen Pyne. 'Fire does not.' Aside from news reports on fire disasters, most writing about fire appears in government reports and…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

Silvicultural systems, cutting methods, and cultural practices for Black Hills ponderosa pine

Alexander
Guidelines are provided to help forest managers and silviculturists develop even- and uneven-aged cutting methods and associated silvicultural practices needed to convert ponderosa pine forests in the Black Hills into managed stands and maintain…
Type: Document
Year: 1987