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Kaye, Swetnam
Fire historians typically attribute the causes of temporal change in past fire regimes to climatic variation, human land use, or some combination of the two. Most long-term historical reconstructions, however, lack time and place-specific…
Type: Document
Year: 1999
Guyette, Dey, Dey
Missouri's natural communities have been shaped by humans and wildland fires for thousands of years. In many ways, the history of fire in Missouri also is a history of human population, culture and migration. Fires caused by natural ignition, like…
Type: Document
Year: 1999
Swetnam, Allen, Betancourt
Applied historical ecology is the use of historical knowledge in the management of ecosystems. Historical perspectives increase our understanding of the dynamic nature of landscapes and provide a frame of reference for assessing modern patterns and…
Type: Document
Year: 1999
Seli
In early July of 1997, I was assigned to the Inowak Fire in southwest Alaska as a Fire Behavior Analyst (FBAN). The fire started late in June in a Limited Suppression Zone southwest of McGrath, but on July 4 and 5 it made major runs toward three…
Type: Document
Year: 1999
Shepard
From the text...'We must change how we perceive safety. We can no longer think of safety only as 'an attitude' or 'common sense.' We must change our values and beliefs to reflect safe firefighting behaviors as intrinsic to a profession--our…
Type: Document
Year: 1999
Jandt
The Kink fire started June 12, 1999 and burned 92,010 acres before it was declared out September 13 (Map 1). The primary vegetation was black and white spruce with aspen patches on drier south-facing slopes and scattered birch poplar. Rehabilitation…
Type: Document
Year: 1999
LeQuesne, Villagran, Villa
Here we present fossil pollen and charcoal concentrations results from two stratigraphic columns from Isla Mocha (38°19'-38°25'S; 73°57'-73°52'W), Laguna Hermosa (350 m.a.s.l.) and Laguna Huairavos ( 125 m.a.s.l.). These results suggest that the…
Type: Document
Year: 1999
Stowe
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) acquires land in the state to protect rare species and ecosystems, and significant cultural and archaeological sites. These lands -- called heritage preserves (HPs) -- also provide outstanding…
Type: Document
Year: 1999
Hardy, Keane, Harrington
From the text...'The term restoration relates to activities required to reduce hazards from wildland fires and improve federal forest and grassland health to a condition that can be maintained through periodic disturbance. Restoration and…
Type: Document
Year: 1999
Hoagland, Butler, Johnson, Glenn
From the text...'The cross timbers have played a profound role in the natural history and cultural identity of the region (Brown 1992). However, to the authors* knowledge, no effort has been made to evaluate the conservation status of the cross…
Type: Document
Year: 1999