Returning fire to the mountains: Can we successfully restore the ecological role of pre-Euroamerican fire regimes in the Sierra Nevada?
Caprio AC and Graber DM. 2000. Returning fire to the mountains: Can we successfully restore the ecological role of pre-Euroamerican fire regimes in the Sierra Nevada?. Pages 1-12. In Wilderness Science in a Time of Change. Missoula, Montana. May 23-27, 1999. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, Utah. RMRS-P-000
This paper examines the resultant conditions of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park’s burn program relative to the knowledge about past fire regimes in this ecosystem.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Caprio, Anthony; Graber, David
- Units
- SEKI
- Keywords
- fire regimes, fire return intervals, fire return-interval departure, management fire, National Park Service, prescribed burning