Miller Creek Demonstration Forest - a forest born of fire: A field guide

Penelope A. Latham; Raymond C. Shearer; Kevin L. O'Hara

doi:10.2737/RMRS-GTR-7

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Miller Creek Demonstration Forest - a forest born of fire: A field guide

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Penelope A. Latham, Raymond C. Shearer, Kevin L. O'Hara

Year:

1998

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-7

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-7. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 68 p. (book + 2 supplements and 2 posters).

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Abstract

Miller Creek, on the Flathead National Forest in northwest Montana, is a demonstration forest, showing up to 30 years of forest change after clearcutting and a wide range of fire treatments in 1967 and 1968. Differences in tree regeneration and vegetation development are explained for units that were clearcut and prescribed burned, clearcut and burned by wildfire, clearcut and unburned, and uncut and burned by wildfire. This guide discusses these changes, and visitors can see them as they walk the trails within the Miller Creek Demonstration Forest.Supplements and Posters

Keywords

clearcut, prescribed fire, wildfire, natural regeneration, vegetation succession, habitat type, stand structure, western larch, lodgepole pine

Citation

Latham, Penelope A.; Shearer, Raymond C.; O'Hara, Kevin L. 1998. Miller Creek Demonstration Forest - a forest born of fire: A field guide. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-7. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 68 p. (book + 2 supplements and 2 posters).