Download or read book The Historical Role of Fire on the Bitterroot National Forest (Classic Reprint) written by Stephen F. Arno and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Historical Role of Fire on the Bitterroot National Forest Presents frequencies, intensities, and influences of fire on stand structure and composition on the Bitterroot National Forest in west central Montana. Three study areas were established, each having a wide range of elevations and forest types. Findings are based upon study of nearly 900 individual fire scars on living trees, and on age classes of shade - intolerant trees attributable to fire. During the period from 1600 to 1900 fires were frequent in most habitat types, and substantial amounts of forest survived most fires. Some high-intensity stand-destroying fires were also detected in cer tain habitat types on each study area. Results show that fire was historically a major force in stand development, but that it has been of minor significance during the past 50 years, possibly because of organized fire suppression. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.