| Abstract: | Understanding of the effects of wildland fire and fire management on aquatic and riparian ecosystems is an evolving field, with many questions still to be resolved. Limitations of current knowledge, and the certainty that fire management will continue, underscore the need to summarize available information. Integrating fire and fuels management with aquatic ecosystem conservation begins with recognizing that terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems are linked and dynamic, and that fire can play a critical role in maintaining aquatic ecological diversity. To protect aquatic ecosystems we argue that it will be important to: (1) accommodate fire-related and other ecological processes that maintain aquatic habitats and biodiversity, and not simply control fires or fuels; (2) prioritize projects according to risks and opportunities for fire control and the protection of aquatic ecosystems; and (3) develop new consistency in the management and regulatory process. Ultimately, all natural resource management is uncertain; the role of science is to apply experimental design and hypothesis testing to management applications that affect fire and aquatic ecosystems. Policy-makers and the public will benefit from an expanded appreciation of fire ecology that enables them to implement watershed management projects as experiments with hypothesized outcomes, adequate controls, and replication. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 1016326 |
| Citation Author: | Bisson, P. A.; Rieman, B.; Luce, C.; Hessburg, P. F.; Lee, D.; Kershner, J.; Reeves, G. H.; Gresswell, Robert E. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 229 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Forest Ecology and Management |
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| Citation Month: | JUN |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 17 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 213-229 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western USA: Current knowledge and key questions; 2003; Article; Journal; Forest Ecology and Management; Bisson, P. A.; Rieman, B.; Luce, C.; Hessburg, P. F.; Lee, D.; Kershner, J.; Reeves, G. H.; Gresswell, Robert E. |
| Citation Start Page: | 213 |
| Citation Volume: | 178 |
| Citation Year: | 2003 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western USA: Current knowledge and key questions; 2003; Article; Journal; Forest Ecology and Management; Bisson, P. A.; Rieman, B.; Luce, C.; Hessburg, P. F.; Lee, D.; Kershner, J.; Reeves, G. H.; Gresswell, Robert E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00 -0600 |
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