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Fire and the environment: ecological and cultural perspectives: Proceedings of an international symposium
| Author: |
Nodvin, S.C.; Waldrop, T.A., eds. |
| Date: |
1991 |
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Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-69. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 429 p. |
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http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_se069/gtr_se069.pdf
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| Abstract: |
Half a century ago, fire policy in most public and private agencies charged with the management of wilderness was neatly summarized in the so-called 10 A.M. Rule: If a fire starts, it should be extinguished by 10 the next morning. Our attitudes toward fire and other natural disturbances in wilderness landscapes have changed during recent decades. We now recognize that disturbances caused by fire, wind, insects, and pathogens play key roles in a variety of ecosystem processes. The folly of excluding or trying to exclude agents of disturbance from landscapes is now obvious to most wilderness managers. |
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