A Conceptual Plan for the Forest Landscape of Fort Clatsop National Memorial
Agee JK. 1989. A Conceptual Plan for the Forest Landscape of Fort Clatsop National Memorial. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Seattle, Washington
This report is the result of a request by Superintendent Frank Walker for an evaluation of the past and present forest management programs at Fort Clatsop National Memorial. What is the desired "end-point" of forest restoration towards which forest management should move? Have the tree plantings made in open spaces and other silvicultural treatments over the past decades been suitable for restoration of an appropriate landscape setting for the historical theme of the park? In answering these questions, this report focuses on the central unit of the park which includes the encampment site, and does not include that coastal beach portion of the park including the salt cairn. The organization of this report reflects those questions and contains recommendations towards achieving specified goals. It begins with a definition of appropriate goals, which have been implicitly carried out over the last three decades by the park staff and volunteers. The second section contains an evolution of the park forest landscape from prehistoric times to the present, including some basic ecological principles about the major tree species. The third section summarizes landscape restoration actions to date and potential future actions, including actions to deal with disturbance by insects, disease, fire, and wind. This report is more a conceptual landscape plan than a specific horticultural plan. It does not contain specific recommendations for planting in the developed area of the park, although potential species useful in given situation are mentioned. such recommendations can be obtained from landscape architects working with traffic flow and interpretive settings. It is also not a hazard tree plan, although it addresses the issue of creation or elimination of hazard. Hazard ratings and treatment are best addressed on a tree by tree basis in the developed area (see Mills and Russell 1980 for an adequate treatment of the subject). Instead, this report focuses on restoring and maintaining the forest landscape as it appeared to the Lewis and Clark party.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Agee, James
- Date of Issue
- 1989-01
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- LECL , LEWI , PWR
- Keywords
- Douglas fir, fire, forest, frontier, red alder, sitka spruce, western hemlock, western redcedar, wind
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 400013: Fort Clatsop