Relationship of Indian-caused fires to the ecology of western Montana forests

Author

Stephen W. Barrett, The University of Montana

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

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