Proceedings--symposium and workshop on wilderness fire; 1983 November 15-18; Missoula, MT

James E. Lotan; Bruce M. Kilgore; William C. Fischer; Robert M. Mutch

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Proceedings--symposium and workshop on wilderness fire; 1983 November 15-18; Missoula, MT

Informally Refereed

Authors:

James E. Lotan, Bruce M. Kilgore, William C. Fischer, Robert M. Mutch

Year:

1985

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-182. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 434 p.

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Abstract

Provides information on fire management policy, programs, and issues in parks, wildernesses, and other natural areas. In more than 100 papers, poster papers, and workshop summaries, both researchers and managers explore basic wilderness management philosophies, explain current wilderness, natural area, and fire management objectives, describe current natural fire programs, identify and discuss current fire management issues, present fire management planning considerations, describe operational techniques for park and wilderness fire management, and present results of current research related to fire history, fire effects, and fire use and fire ecology.

Keywords

wilderness fire management, fire-management planning, natural fire, Indian burning, unnatural fuel buildup, lightning vs human ignition, air quality, fire economics prescribed fire in wilderness, high intensity fire in wilderness, fire management policy

Citation

Lotan, James E.; Kilgore, Bruce M.; Fischer, William C.; Mutch, Robert M., technical coordinators. 1985. Proceedings--symposium and workshop on wilderness fire; 1983 November 15-18; Missoula, MT. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-182. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 434 p.