TitleThe Great Fires: Indian Burning and Catastrophic Forest Fire Patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-1951
Publication TypeThesis
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsZybach, Bob
Academic DepartmentEnvironmental Sciences
DegreePh.D.
Pagination451 p.
UniversityOregon State University
CityCorvallis, Or.
Type of WorkDoctoral Dissertation
Call NumberOSU Libraries: Internet Resources LD4330 2004D .Z93, Digital Open Access
Keywordsanthropology, ecology, forest fires, habitat, historical, land use, Native Americans, theses
NotesFor June, 2004 commencement. Gives history of fires in the Coast Range, from 16th century to 1951; details native American burning patterns and catastrophic fires. Maps, some colored, some photographs. Shows native American and pioneer trails. Exhaustive coverage of the topic; a definitive work.
URLhttps://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/0p096972r