| dc.contributor |
Radosevich, Steve |
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| dc.contributor |
Vergun, Judith |
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| dc.contributor |
Doescher, Paul |
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| dc.contributor |
Cromack, Kermit Jr. |
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| dc.contributor |
Tullos, Desiree |
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| dc.date |
2007-07-30T16:54:29Z |
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| dc.date |
2007-07-30T16:54:29Z |
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| dc.date |
2007-07-30T16:54:29Z |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T08:03:46Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T08:03:46Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/1957/6222 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1957/6222 |
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| dc.description |
Graduation date: 2008 |
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| dc.description |
Presentation date: 2007-05-10 |
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| dc.description |
The use of Native American fire regimes evolved in the Klamath-Siskiyou
bioregion over millennia. A mixture of Native American and Euro-American sociocultural
management has developed from adaptations to climate, topography,
ecological processes, and land use practices. This research incorporates Traditional
Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to partially examine the role of tribal fire uses and
ethnobotany. Research methods use an interdisciplinary approach to characterize fuels
and fire management issues in culturally significant riparian and terrestrial habitats.
Tribal fuels and fire management practices were investigated. Understanding past
tribal fire management systems is needed to place contemporary Native American
fuels and fire management issues in to context for government agencies and private
interest that have altered tribal opportunities to continue fire uses.
This study examined fire effects on sandbar willow (Salix exigua) in valley
riparian zones along the lower mid-Klamath River. Prescribed fire was used to induce
sprouting of sandbar willow and reduce insect populations to improve basket material
quantity and quality. Results indicate that flooding had greater affects on the structure,
composition, and abundance of vegetation and fuels than prescribed fire. A second experiment to compare the effect of propane burning and pruning sandbar willow
indicated that propane burning was less effective than pruning to improve stem
morphology for basket weaving. Consultation with tribal basket weavers and research
of the proportion of useable willow shoots, amount of insect damage and the
relationship of stem diameter and length revealed these attributes were important
criteria for determining usability for weaving. This research also included other
basketry plants.
TEK is used to better understand fire effects on culturally significant resources
and the consequences of fire suppression on terrestrial and riparian habitats. The
mechanisms of how fire suppression impacts tribes, resources and tribal land uses are
presented. Recommendations are presented for additional research to improve
collaboration with tribes, tribal organizations and communities based on contemporary
tribal values and priorities for fuels and fire management. |
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| dc.language |
en_US |
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| dc.subject |
Traditional Ecological Knowledge |
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| dc.subject |
Fire Ecology |
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| dc.subject |
Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion |
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| dc.subject |
Sandbar willow |
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| dc.subject |
Ethnobiology |
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| dc.title |
Traditional ecological knowledge to develop and maintain fire regimes in northwestern California, Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion : management and restoration of culturally significant habitats |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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