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Type: Report
Author(s): Robert E. Keane II; James P. Menakis; Wendel J. Hann
Editor(s): Colin C. Hardy; Stephen F. Arno
Publication Date: 1996

During the last 2 years, many people from numerous government agencies and private institutions compiled a scientific assessment of the natural and human resources of the Interior Columbia River Basin (Jensen and Bourgeron 1993). This assessment is meant to guide the development of a coarse-scale Environmental Impact Statement for all 82 million hectares comprising the Interior Columbia River Basin (fig. 1). A myriad of spatial data products has been generated from this immense effort, including a wide variety of coarse-scale GIs data layers that describe historical, current, and fbture Interior Columbia River Basin environmental and vegetation conditions. These spatial data products can be valuable for planning ecosystem restoration activities at multiple scales. Presented in this paper is a proposed strategy for the incorporation of these coarse-scale data layers into the planning and design of restoration projects within the Interior Columbia River Basin. An application of this approach is also presented for a declining firedependent vegetation type - the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) ecosystem.

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Citation: Keane, Robert E.; Menakis, James P.; Hann, Wendel J. 1996. Coarse-scale restoration planning and design in Interior Columbia River Basin ecosystems: An example for restoring declining whitebark pine forests. Pages 14-19. In: Hardy, Colin C.; Arno, Stephen F. (editors). The use of fire in forest restoration. General Technical Report INT-GTR-341. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 86 p.
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Topics:
Fire Behavior    Fire Ecology    Fire Effects    Fire History    Fire Occurrence    Fuels    Mapping    Models    Planning    Restoration and Rehabilitation
Regions:
California    Great Basin    Northern Rockies    Northwest
Keywords:
  • Abies lasiocarpa
  • biogeography
  • coarse-scale restoration
  • computer program
  • cover
  • cover type
  • Cronartium ribicola
  • Dendroctonus ponderosae
  • distribution
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • fire adaptations
  • fire exclusion
  • fire frequency
  • fire intensity
  • fire regimes
  • GIS - geographic information system
  • histories
  • interior Columbia River basin
  • low intensity burns
  • natural areas management
  • nongame birds
  • pine forests
  • Pinus albicaulis
  • plant communities
  • plant diseases
  • rivers
  • seed dispersal
  • seedlings
  • statistical analysis
  • subalpine forests
  • succession
  • threatened and endangered species
  • Tsuga mertensiana
  • Ursus arctos
  • wilderness areas
  • wilderness fire management
  • wildlife food plants
Tall Timbers Record Number: 12816 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.88:INT-341 • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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