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Title: Management of Giant Sequoia in the national parks of the Sierra Nevada, California
Author: Parsons, David J.; Nichols, H. Thomas
Date: 1986
Source: In: Weatherspoon, C. Phillip; Iwamoto, Y. Robert; Piirto, Douglas D., technical coordinators. Proceedings of the workshop on management of giant sequoia; May 24-25, 1985; Reedley, California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-95. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: p. 26-29
Station ID: GTR-PSW-095
Description: Management of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum,/i> [Lindl.] Buchholz) in Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Parks focuses on the need for maintaining and, where necessary, restoring natural ecosystem processes. Such a program includes restoration of natural fire regimes, mitigation of impacts from visitor use, support for basic research and monitoring, and careful evaluation. Research includes studying the effects of air pollution. Interpretation translates information on the ecology and management of giant sequoia for the public.
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Parsons, David J.; Nichols, H. Thomas 1986. Management of Giant Sequoia in the national parks of the Sierra Nevada, California In: Weatherspoon, C. Phillip; Iwamoto, Y. Robert; Piirto, Douglas D., technical coordinators. Proceedings of the workshop on management of giant sequoia; May 24-25, 1985; Reedley, California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-95. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: p. 26-29. |