Historical Fire Regimes and their Application to Forest Management

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I.  Introduction

II.  Wildfire history

• Historic vs. current fire behavior
• Evidence for increasing frequency and severity

III.  Natural fire regimes

• Definitions and components
• Classification schemes
• Methods for determination

IV.  Altered fire regimes

• Fire regime condition classes (FRCC)
• Causes of altered fire regimes
• Impact of global climate change

V.  Application to forest management

• Disturbance regimes
• Dynamic landscape management
• Blue River Landscape Study

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