02784oam 2200421Ia 450 991069685710332120080725114753.0(CKB)5470000002382310(OCoLC)210373996(EXLCZ)99547000000238231020080226d2007 ua 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFire ecology and management of the major ecosystems of southern Utah[electronic resource] /Sharon M. Hood and Melanie Miller, editorsFort Collins, CO :U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station,[2007]vii, 110 pages digital, PDF fileGeneral technical report RMRS ;GTR-202Title from Web page (viewed on Feb. 26, 2008)."November 2007."Includes bibliographical references.This document provides managers with a literature synthesis of the historical conditions, current conditions, fire regime condition classes (FRCC), and recommended treatments for the major ecosystems in southern Utah. Sections are by ecosystems and include: 1) coniferous forests (ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, and Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir), 2) aspen, 3) pinyon-juniper, 4) big and black sagebrush, and 5) desert shrubs (creosotebush, blackbrush, and interior chaparral). Southern Utah is at the ecological crossroads for much of the western United States. It contains steep environmental gradients and a broad range of fuels and fire regimes associated with vegetation types representative of the Rocky Mountains, the Great Basin, Northern Arizona and New Mexico, and the Mohave Desert. The Southern Utah Demonstration Area consists of contiguous state and federal lands within the administrative boundaries of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fishlake and Dixie National Forests, National Park Sevice, and State of Utah, roughly encompassing the southern 15 percent of Utah (3.24 million ha). The vegetation types described are similar in species composition, stand structure, and ecologic function, including fire regime to vegetation types found on hundreds of millions of hectares in the 11 western states.Fire ecologyUtahFire managementUtahFire ecologyFire managementHood Sharon M1396012Miller Melanie1948-1396013Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)OREOREGPOBOOK9910696857103321Fire ecology and management of the major ecosystems of southern Utah3455395UNINA