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Finding aid for the Fire Monitoring and Fire Effects Records
SEKI 22368  
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Folder 001-052

Series 1. Correspondence 1968-2001 1970-1988

Series Scope and Content Summary

The series consists of correspondence, plans, reports, memoranda, and research studies relating to forest fire control, fire management, prescribed fire, and forest ecology.

Arrangement

Chronological.
Folder 053-336

Series 2.  Monitoring reports and surveys 1972-2007 1977, 1985

Series Scope and Content Summary

The series consists of protocols, reports, narratives, field notes, weather reports, and fuels inventories. Important topics include post-fire rehabilitation, the Amphitheater Point fire, and primary data for fire behavior.

Arrangement

Chronological.
Folder 337-356

Series 3.  Fire management program planning 1985-1992 1986-1987

Series Scope and Content Summary

The series consists of plans, articles and Press releases relating to the parks' fire management program and prescribed fire.

Arrangement

Chronological.
Folder 357-398

Series 4.  Fire management program review 1980-1992 1984-1987

Series Scope and Content Summary

In the mid-1980s, public concern over the Parks' use of prescribed fire as a means of maintaining the ecological health of forest ecosystems lead to the cessation of all prescribed burning in the National Park Service. A panel was convened to review the Parks' fire management program in an attempt to balance public concern with resource benefit.
The series consists of reports, policies, proceedings, and public comments relating to the Parks' fire management program, particularly its use of prescribed fire as a resource management tool

Arrangement

Chronological.