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Author(s):
Stephen W. Barrett
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fire History
Frequency
Fire Regime
Fire Intensity / Burn Severity
Ecosystem(s):
Subalpine wet spruce-fir forest, Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest

NRFSN number: 13158
FRAMES RCS number: 13232
Record updated:

The landscape and stand-level fire history of lodgepole pine dominated forest in Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest is assessed. Primary objective were to: 1) determine pre-1900 fire periodicities, severities, and burning patterns in the area's lodgepole pine dominated stands, and 2) document and map the forest age class mosaic, reflecting stand replacing fire history at the landscape level of analysis. Secondary objectives were to interpret the possible effects of long-term fire suppression on area forests, and to determine their relative position along the fire regimes continuum for northern Rockies lodgepole pine.

Citation

Barrett, Stephen W. 1993. Fire history of Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest Lewis and Clark National Forest. Final Report INT-92679-RJVA. Missoula, MT: Systems for
Environmental Management. Unpublished report on file with: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT. 23 p.