Preserving nature in forested wilderness areas and national parks

Miron L. Heinselman

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Preserving nature in forested wilderness areas and national parks

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Miron L. Heinselman

Year:

1971

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Larson, E.vH., ed. The Forest Recreation Symposium. State University of New York College of Forestry; 1971 October 12-14: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 57-67.

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Abstract

The natural forest ecosystems of some of our national parks and wilderness areas are endangered by subtle ecological changes primarily because we have failed to understand the dynamic nature of these ecosystems and because protection programs frequently have excluded the very factors that produce natural plant and animal communities. Maintaining natural ecosystems requires that the elemental forces of the past, such as fire, must still prevail.

Parent Publication

Recreation Symposium Proceedings

Citation

Heinselman, Miron L. 1971. Preserving nature in forested wilderness areas and national parks. In: Larson, E.vH., ed. The Forest Recreation Symposium. State University of New York College of Forestry; 1971 October 12-14: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 57-67.