The role of fire in Research Natural Areas in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest

Sarah Greene; Angela Evenden

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The role of fire in Research Natural Areas in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Sarah Greene, Angela Evenden

Year:

1996

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Hardy, Colin C.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. The use of fire in forest restoration. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-341. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. p. 32-33.

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Abstract

Forest Service Research Natural Areas are established to preserve examples of all significant natural ecosystems for comparison with those influenced andlor managed by humans, to provide educational and research areas for ecological and environmental studies, and to preserve gene pools for typical and rare and endangered species. The Research Natural Area program in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest regions attempts to protect a wide spectrum of terrestrial and aquatic communities in their "natural" state. At least 79 of the 246 established and proposed Research Natural Areas in these regions represent forest and grassland types that have been adapted to frequent fires over the last several hundred to thousands of years.

Parent Publication

The use of fire in forest restoration

Keywords

fire ecology, fire regimes, forest restoration, Forest Service Research Natural Areas, Northern Rockies, Pacific Northwest

Citation

Greene, Sarah E.; Evenden, Angela. 1996. The role of fire in Research Natural Areas in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest. In: Hardy, Colin C.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. The use of fire in forest restoration. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-341. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. p. 32-33.