Prescribed fire

Perspectives: The effects and use of fire

Because of its historical importance, fire is a top choice of managers for preventing the encroachment of woody species. However, the effects of prescribed burning on present day wetland communities, with their mix of native and non-native species, are not clear.--Clark & Wilson (1998)

Fire set by indigenous peoples maintained much of the Willamette Valley as prairie. Today, many progressive managers seek to maintain and restore remnant prairies by reintroducing fire. But the effects of fire are unclear within the current ecological context of a fragmented landscape, a copious supply of non-native weeds, and buildups of fuel.

The papers and reports listed in this section discuss the response of Willamette Valley prairies to fire.

Wetland prairies

The analysis of management strategies to restore and enhance Nelson’s checker-mallow (Sidalcea nelsoniana) habitat at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge: Response to two years of restoration techniques in an existing Sidalcea nelsoniana habitat See it

Conservation of Sidalcea nelsoniana through habitat management : effects of burning, mowing, and altered flooding regime on a rare Willamette Valley perennial See it

Controlling woody vegetation in wetland prairies (1994-1999) See it

The effects of a fall prescribed burn on Hemileuca eglanterina Boisduval (Saturniidae) See it

The effects of prescribed burning on wet prairie lichen communities See it

Evaluating prescribed burning to improve prairie quality in the Willamette Floodplain Research Natural Area, W. L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon See it

Fire and litter effects on seedling establishment in western Oregon upland prairies. See it

Fire and mowing as management tools for conserving a threatened perennial and its habitat in the Willamette Valley, Oregon See it

Fire effects on wetland prairie species See it

Fire, mowing, and removal of woody species in restoring a native prairie in the Willamette Valley of Oregon See it

Increasing the abundance of rare native wetland prairie species See it

Long-term responses of wetland pPrairie in the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge to three burning regimes. Report to US Fish and Wildlife Service. See it

Response of a terrestrial mollusc community to an autumn prescribed burn in a rare wetland prairie of western Oregon, USA See it

Upland prairies

Burning prairie to restore butterfly habitat: a modeling approach to management tradeoffs for the Fender's blue See it

Effects of fire, mowing, and mowing with herbicide on native prairie of Baskett Butte, Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge See it

Effects of fire on seedling establishment in upland prairies in the Willamette Valley, Oregon See it

Fire and litter effects on seedling establishment in western Oregon upland prairies

Fire and seedling population dynamics in western Oregon prairies See it

Promoting and restoring Kincaid's lupine (Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii) and Willamette daisy (Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens) at Baskett Slough NWR See it

Promoting regeneration of native species in Willamette Valley upland prairies See it

Recommendations for control of tall oatgrass, poison oak, and rose in Willamette Valley upland prairies See it

Restoration of Fender's blue butterfly and its prairie ecosystem: Management applications of fire to Baskett Slough NWR See it

 

© 2006 Mark V. Wilson and Oregon State University