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Moore, Trevitt
Forest fire managers have been quick to capitalise on recent developments in computer hardware and software as they took place. Model development in support of land and forest management generally proliferated during the last few decades. Based…
Type: Document
Year: 1994
Anderson, Clark, Findley, Hanes, Mahaffey, Miller, Stinson, Zimmerman
Compilation of reference material and guidance on fire behavior, fuels, and fire effects on wildlife, cultural resources, etc. including a bibliography. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Interior, and National…
Type: Document
Year: 1994
Goldammer
Although vegetation fires and other plant biomass burning constitute an old and important natural and anthropogenic environmental factor, well investigated in many details, it is recognized that we have much less knowledge about extent and…
Type: Document
Year: 1994
Robbins, Wolf
Traces the natural and cultural processes involved in shaping the environment in the intermontane northwest from the Indian period of domination to the present. Emphasizes the increasing influence of humans as modifiers of landscapes and ecosystems…
Type: Document
Year: 1994
Portions of forest ecosystems in eastern Oregon and Washington are in poor health, are not meeting societies expectations, and have elevated hazard for fire, insects, and disease. Diversity in stream habitats and associated fisheries has declined…
Type: Document
Year: 1994
Dawson, Greco
Preservation and restoration of natural ecosystems is important to maintain the dynamic character which ultimately formed the giant sequoia/mixed-conifer forests prior to human interference. In the Giant Forest, aesthetic and ecological goals need…
Type: Document
Year: 1994
Whitehead
Five fossil maize-pollen grains were identified in a profile from Dismal Swamp. Extrapolation from the radiocarbon age of peat lower in the section suggests an age of 2200 years. The find suggests that a small clearing within the swamp was…
Type: Document
Year: 1965
Wahlenberg
From the text...'Natural succession, aided by man's reduction in the frequency of fire and his increasing uses for softwood, favors hardwood. Most harvest cuttings of timber benefit the forest seedbeds by stirring up the soil cover, but are not…
Type: Document
Year: 1949
Jemison, Hepting
From the text ... 'Silviculture is an art. The mark of a successful silviculturist is the skill with which he prescribes treatment to each forest stand or to each tree in the stand. Especially important is the skill with which he applies cultural…
Type: Document
Year: 1949