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Peatland restoration in southern Quebec (Canada): a paleoecological perspective
Lavoie, Zimmermann, Pellerin
We used macrofossil analyses to reconstruct the long-term development of plant assemblages and the history of fire events in a bog in southern Quebec which was partly disturbed by peat mining activities and recently restored. Our main objectives…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Invasive plants and fire and in the deserts of North America
Brooks, Pyke
Invasive plants and fire create substantial challenges for land managers in the deserts of North America. Invasive plants can compete with native plants, alter wildlife habitat, and promote the spread of fire where it was historically infrequent.…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Range research: the second generation
Young, Clements
The decade of the 1920s was somewhat of a paradox for range science. A. W. Sampson published 3 books that were widely used as text for higher education classes in range management. The United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service expanded…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Fighting the Pumpkin Fire--indirect attack and aerial ignition [including: Delayed aerial ignition devices and Critical habitat conserved]
Farnsworth
From the text ... 'Fire managers used indirect attack and aerial ignition to reduce the risk to firefighters and the damage to resources in a wilderness area.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document

Reducing fire danger: is current policy on course? [including: a land use revolution; conservation use: a principle of sustainability; and fire control legacy
Brown
From the text ... 'The goal is to restore healthy forest ecosystems, including historical fire regimes. ... For decades, the Forest Service treated all fire, regardless of type or site, as a threat to forest health.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document

The west is culling forests that fueled fires of the past
Jehl
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Year: 2001
Type: Document

FEIS species review: Pinus flexilis (limber pine) (PINFLE)
Johnson
This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Pinus flexilis to fire - how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management considerations. Information is also…
Year: 2001
Type: Document

The role of fire in juniper and pinyon woodlands: a descriptive analysis
Miller, Tausch
Among the most pronounced vegetation changes in past 130 years has been the increase in both distribution and density of juniper (Juniperus spp.) and pinyon (Pinus spp.) across the Intermountain West. Juniper and pinyon species between the Canadian…
Year: 2001
Type: Document