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Savanna, barrens, and glade communities of the Ozark plateaus province [Chapter 13]
Heikens
From the text ...'Summary: It appears that Ozark savannas, barrens, and glades have undergone substantial degradation since settlement due to fire suppression, overgrazing, agricultural practices, and logging. The once widespread and picturesque oak…
Year: 1999
Type: Document

TNC Testifies Before The House Committee on Agriculture [Testimony]
Ladd
Doug Ladd, Director of Science and Stewardship, Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, had the opportunity to share TNC's views concerning the use of fire as a management tool in the conservation of natural habitat. His testimony, in full,…
Year: 1999
Type: Document

Management implications of recent changes in spatial patterns of interior northwest forests
Hessburg, Smith
From the text ...'This paper summarizes results of a study conducted under the aegis of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project. We report on a midscale scientific assessment of vegetation change in terrestrial landscapes of the…
Year: 1999
Type: Document

Fire: the most ancient tool [Chapter 19]
Savory, Butterfield
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Year: 1999
Type: Document

Western national forests: a cohesive strategy is needed to address catastrophic wildfire threats : report to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives
Coles, Conlon, Cotton, Eisenstadt, Goldfarb, Hutchison, Joy, Wolter
From the Executive Summary... 'Purpose: National forests of the dry, interior portion of the western United States that are managed by the Department of Agriculture*s Forest Service have undergone significant changes over the last century and a half…
Year: 1999
Type: Document

Threatened dry grasslands in the continental boreal forests of Wood Buffalo National Park: commentary
Timoney
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Year: 1999
Type: Document

A look at wildland fires in Mexico
Rodríguez-Trejo
From the text...'The worst fire season in Mexican history was in 1998. Drought conditions precipitated by a strong El Niño led to unusual fire activity, including crown fires, fire whirls, and rapid spread rates. A total of 14,302 fires burned 2,099…
Year: 1999
Type: Document

Ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the Interior West: Overview of the "Ecological Session" of the Symposium
Laycock
Categories of papers in the "Ecological Session" were history and ecological change, distribution, classification, ecology and physiology, succession and diversity, and disease. Substantial changes have taken place in pinyon-juniper woodlands over…
Year: 1999
Type: Document

Proceedings: ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the Interior West; September 15-18, 1997; Provo, UT
A symposium held September 15-18, 1997, in Provo, UT, and Sanpete County, UT, provided information on the ecology, management, resource values, and restoration of pinyon-juniper communities in the Interior Western United States. The conference was…
Year: 1999
Type: Document

Fire effects on landscape fragmentation in interior west forests
Agee
Interior West forests include a wide variety of forest types with unique characteristics. Disturbances, primarily by fire, tended to be both cyclic and stochastic, and in some cases equilibrium landscapes were the result. The strongest case for…
Year: 1999
Type: Document