Lecture Objectives:

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Lecture Objectives 1). Understand the history
of fire management in the US from the 1900's to
present 2).Know major policy's and key players of
fire management in the US from the 1900's to
present
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1944 U.S. government's Wartime Council
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Euro-american Settlers and Burning
1. Fire in Agriculture and to clear forest
woodlands
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Euro-american Settlers and Burning
2. Fire to heat dwellings and cook food.
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Euro-american Settlers and Burning
3. Fire for slash and burn agriculture
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Note historic decline
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Progressive Era (conservation movement)--saw the
welfare of forests at risk and started crusade to
prevent forest fires
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Gifford PinchotFirst Forester, 1905-1910
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John Muir
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U.S. Forest Service started in 1905
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NEW policy emerged--complete FIRE
SUPPRESSION"fire exclusion policy"
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1) Weeks Act of 1911 2) Clarke-McNary Act of
1924 3) 10AM Policy of 1935
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Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
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late 1970's federal land agencies admitted they
were losing battle to fire
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Yellowstone 1988 Wildfire
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-fire mitigation efforts now focusing in the
urban-wildland interface zone