The Role of Fire in Managing for Biological Diversity on Native Rangelands of the Northern Great Plains
Sieg CH. The Role of Fire in Managing for Biological Diversity on Native Rangelands of the Northern Great Plains. Pages 31-38. In Author unknown: Conserving Biodiversity on Native Rangelands: Symposioum Proceedings. Fort Robinson State Park, Nebraska. August 17, 1995
A strategy for using fire to manage for biological diversity on native rangelands in the Northern Great Plains incorporates an understanding of its past frequency, timing and intensity. Historically, lightning and humans were the major fire setters, and the role of fire varied both in space and time. A burning regime that includes fires at various intervals, seasons and intensities, including midsummer burns, should be reinstated. However, burning to enhance rare systems and species and to discourage exotic species is also needed. The goal is to base plans on a understanding of historic processes and ecosystem interactions and resist techniques that rely on enexamined conventions.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Sieg, Carolyn
- Units
- NGPN
- Keywords
- Biological Diversity, Biology, Ecology, Exotic Species, FIRE, Fire Management, Inventory and Monitoring (I&M), Native Rangelands