Year of Award
1981
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
Master of Science (MS)
Degree Name
Resource Conservation
Department or School/College
School of Forestry
Committee Chair
B. Riley McClelland
Keywords
Fire ecology Montana, Burning of land Montana History, Indians of North America Montana Social life and customs, Forest management Montana, Forest ecology Montana, Salish Indians Fire use, Kootenai Indians Fire use, Salish Indians Indian trails, Kootenai
Publisher
University of Montana
Abstract
A study of the ethnographic and historic information about the traditional use of forest fires caused by the Indians of Western Montana. Also includes a number of field studies based on fires scars on trees and other biological information. Pages 25-35 d
Recommended Citation
Barrett, Stephen W., "Relationship of Indian-caused fires to the ecology of western Montana forests" (1981). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 3394.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/3394
© Copyright 1981 Stephen W. Barrett