Stand and fuel treatments for restoring old-growth ponderosa pine forests in the Interior West (Boise Basin Experimental Forest)

Russell T. Graham; Terrie B. Jain

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Stand and fuel treatments for restoring old-growth ponderosa pine forests in the Interior West (Boise Basin Experimental Forest)

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Russell T. Graham, Terrie B. Jain

Year:

2008

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Final report: JFSP Project 00-2-19. Boise, ID: Joint Fire Science Program. 19 p.

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Abstract

Fire exclusion, especially in the dry forests (i.e. those dominated or potentially dominated by ponderosa pine) has most often altered tree and shrub composition and structure and, though often overlooked in many locales, the forest floor from conditions that occurred historically (pre-1900).

Keywords

stand and fuel treatments, old-growth ponderosa pine, fire exclusion

Citation

Graham, Russell T.; Jain, Theresa B. 2007. Stand and fuel treatments for restoring old-growth ponderosa pine forests in the interior west (Boise Basin Experimental Forest). Final report: Joint Fire Science Program Project 00-2-19. Boise, ID: Joint Fire Science Program. 19 p.