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Fire history in three vegetation types on the eastern side of the Oregon Cascades

Creator:

Bork, Joyce L.

Abstract:

Historic fire return intervals in three different vegetation types dominated by ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) were determined using fire scarred trees. Dendrochronological techniques were used to achieve accuracy in dating fire scars on samples collected from six 40 acre plots established in each site. Mean fire return intervals (MFRI)...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
The great fires : Indian burning and catastrophic forest fire patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-1951

Creator:

Zybach, Bob

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between land management practices of Indian communities prior to contact with Europeans and the nature or character of subsequent catastrophic forest fires in the Oregon Coast Range. The research focus is spatial and temporal patterns of Indian burning across the...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

) inventories, eyewitness accounts and other sources of evidence that document fire history. Data were