The Historical Role of Fire on the Bitterroot National Forest Research Paper INT-187

COVER

THE AUTHOR

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Data Base
Fire Frequency
Correlations Among Fire Years
Extent and Severity of Fires

IMPLICATIONS FOR FIRE MANAGEMENT
Effects of Fire Exclusion
Means for Reducing Fuels
Extrapolating Fire History

PUBLICATIONS CITED

APPENDIX A—Fire Frequencies and Sample Tree Locations

APPENDIX B—Area Covered by Individual Fires, Tolan Creek, 1900-1734

Headquarters for the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station are in Ogden, Utah. Field programs and research work units are maintained in:

Billings, Montana
Boise, Idaho
Bozeman, Montana (in cooperation with Montana State University)
Logan, Utah (in cooperation with Utah State University)
Missoula, Montana (in cooperation with University of Montana)
Moscow, Idaho (in cooperation with the University of Idaho)
Provo, Utah (in cooperation with Brigham Young University)
Reno, Nevada (in cooperation with the University of Nevada)