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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

Analysis of overlapping fuel treatment patterns on the Little Baullie Mesa Vegetation Manipulation area

Smith-Krause
The purpose of this project is to analyze the use of an overlapping fuel treatment pattern as a fuel treatment alternative for the Little Baullies Mesa Vegetation Manipulation Project. The Goal of this analysis is to develop, recommend and implement…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

Biodiversity and ecosystem management

Ditchkoff, Masters, Hitch
From the text ... 'Ecosystem management includes biological, social, cultural, and economic values. Ecosystem management attempts to sustain these values across landscapes by managing biological issues in both large and small landscapes with the…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

Combining physical, cultural and biological methods: prospects for integrated non-chemical weed management strategies

Hatcher, Melander
Physical, cultural and biological methods for weed control have developed largely independently and are often concerned with weed control in different systems: physical and cultural control in annual crops and biocontrol in extensive grasslands. We…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

Culture/ethnicity and fire: the challenge of harmonizing cultural/ethnic variations and traditional practices concerning fire use and management with current practices

Raish, González-Cabán
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Type: Document
Year: 2003

Customary use of fire by indigenous peoples in northern Australia: its contemporary role in savanna management

Whitehead, Bowman, Preece, Fraser, Cooke
The extent to which use of fire by Aboriginal peoples shaped the landscapes and biota of Australia is a contentious issue. Equally contentious is the proposition that attempts should be made to support and re-establish customary practice. Some…
Type: Document
Year: 2003

Developing the resource advisor position at Yosemite National Park

Kinoshita, Paintner-Green
The Resources Management Division and Fire Management Branch at Yosemite National Park have collaborated to develop a Resource Advisor (READ) on-call system in order to better ensure that resources issues are addressed during prescribed and wildland…
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