Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests: A Photographic Interpretation of Ecological Change Since 1849In Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests, George Gruell examines the woodlands through repeat photography: rephotographing sites depicted in historical photographs to compare past vegetation to present. The book asks readers to study the evidence, then take an active part in current debates over prescribed fire, fuel buildup, logging, and the management of our national forests. |
Contents
The Sierra Nevada in Pictures | 11 |
Photo Interpretation | 102 |
Eastside Pine Forests | 109 |
Copyright | |
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American River areas aspen bitterbrush black oak burned C. E. Watkins photo California Route canopy Canyon Carson chaparral Circa conifers County Courtesy California Creek density distant slope disturbance eastside ecological El Dorado County Elevation Euroamerican feet Legal Description fire scars foreground fuels gray pine grazing grow growth Gruell Historical incense cedar increased Jeffrey pine LAKE Plate Lake Tahoe landscape later live oak livestock lodgepole pine loggers logging lower manzanita meadows Middle Fork midground mining mixed-conifer forests National Forest North Fork numbers oak woodlands open stands original camera point patchy pine forests Placer Placerville plants Plumas-Eureka State Park ponderosa pine red fir repeat photograph riparian zone RIVER Plate rock shrubfields shrubs Sierra Nevada Forests South Fork species stumps Sudworth surface fires timber tree cover trestle understory University of California unlogged upper USDA Forest Service vegetation western white fir wildfires wildlife habitat willows Yosemite Valley Yuba