Supporting Research for Desired Future Condition for BRCA Vegetation Management Plan
Ames-Curtis J and Linton F. 2001. Supporting Research for Desired Future Condition for BRCA Vegetation Management Plan. Bryce Canyon National Park. Bryce Canyon, UT
Historically, the vegetation within what is now Bryce Canyon National Park was open forest, with scattered trees and grassy meadows (Roberts, 1993 and Buchanan, 1982). It is now known that frequent fires (every 4-7 years) helped sustain this type of landscape (Buchanan and Tolman, 1983). Since 1900, the mean fire return interval for mixed conifer lengthened from 7.5 to 45 years (Jenkins, Dicus, and Godfrey)
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ames-Curtis, Juli; Linton, Fletcher
- Date of Issue
- 2001-03-21
- Publisher
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Units
- BRCA
- Keywords
- Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Fire Ecology, Fire History, fire monitoring plots, Fire Suppression, Forestry, Inventory, Livestock, Management, mixed conifer, Monitoring, Planning, Plant Studies, Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa), Vegetation, Vegetation Management Plan