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Proceedings of Fire Working Group, Society of American Foresters National Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 4, 1977
A compilation of papers presented at the Society of American Foresters, Fire Working Group Technical Session, Albuquerque, N. Mex., Oct. 2-6, 1977. Keynote address by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, dealt with the session's theme, the relationship of fire to land management. Subsequent papers discussed fire information required by land managers, how fire-related activities can be adapted to land management, using simulation as a planning tool, and legislation affecting use of fire in forestry practices.
Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia
One of the first priority areas among joint East/West research programs is the rational use of natural resources and sustainable development of regions. In the boreal zone of North America and Eurasia forests are economically very important and, at the same time highly vulnerable to disturbances. Because of its size and ecological functions the boreal forest zone and its most dynamic disturbance factor - fire - play an important role in ecosystem processes on global scale. Interest within the global change research community in Northern Eurasia (Fennoscandia, European Russia, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia) has grown dramatically in the last few years. It is a vast area about which very...
