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Meeting forest ecosystem objectives with wildland fire use

Laughlin, Daniel C. and Fule, Peter Z. (2006) Meeting forest ecosystem objectives with wildland fire use. Fire Management Today, 66 (4). pp. 21-24. ISSN 1554-8996

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Abstract

Three 2003 Grand Canyon National Park fires burned 83 plots across the park’s North Rim old-growth forests that range from open ponderosa pine groves to dense spruce–fir–aspen stands at 7,300 to 8,800 feet (2,225 to 2,682 m) elevation. Ignited by lightning, these fires were managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior (USDI) National Park Service as wildland fire use (WFU) to meet resource objectives. As outlined below, they provided an excellent opportunity to evaluate low to mixed-severity fire effects.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: fire management, old-growth forests, ponderosa pine, wildfire, ERI library
Subjects: S Agriculture > SD Forestry
NAU Depositing Author Academic Status: Faculty/Staff
Department/Unit: College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Science > School of Forestry
Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2017 18:55
URI: http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/2919

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