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INDIAN BURNING AND WILDLIFE HABITAT PATTERNS OF THE OREGON COAST RANGE, 1491-2004 Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting Bend, Oregon, February 12, 2004 Bob Zybach, PhD, Forest Fire History & Land Use Ecologist OSU Department of Forest Sciences Five Rivers Landscape Management Study USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

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Page 1: INDIAN BURNING AND WILDLIFE HABITAT PATTERNS OF THE OREGON COAST RANGE, 1491-2004 Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting Bend, Oregon, February

INDIAN BURNING AND WILDLIFE HABITAT PATTERNS OF THE OREGON COAST RANGE, 1491-

2004

• Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting• Bend, Oregon, February 12, 2004

• Bob Zybach, PhD, Forest Fire History & Land Use Ecologist• OSU Department of Forest Sciences

• Five Rivers Landscape Management Study• USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

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Current evidence suggests patterns of late-15th to mid-19th century Indian burning and other land management practices had a direct effect on Oregon Coast Range wildlife populations and habitat conditions.

The cultural legacy of these practices persist in transitional forest and grassland patterns of the present time.

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Sources of Information

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Historical Drawings & Photographs

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AerialPhotograph

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Historical Maps

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Living Memory and Oral Traditions

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1895-96 USGS Coos Bay 30 min Quadrangle Map• Bottomland Prairies• 1868 Coos Fire

•1770 Millicoma Fire•Wagon Roads and Trails

GISCONVERSION

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Types of Indian Burning Practices

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Northern Coast Range

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Eastern Coast Range

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WillametteValley, Oregon

1845

1885

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Soap CreekValley,Oregon

1914

1989

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Western Coast Range

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“Indian Trail [from Willamette Valley] to Tidewater”“Alseya Valley” General Land Office survey map, 1856

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Alsea Valley North Fork Prairie Trail Network,

1775-2003

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Southern Coast Range

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Indian Burning Patterns, Oregon Coast Range, ca. 1800

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Oregon CoastRange Fuels

*Spruce/hemlock

*Douglas-fir

*Oak grasslands

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CONCLUSIONS

Precontact Indian burning practices had a direct effect on Oregon Coast Range wildlife populations and habitat patterns.

The cultural legacy of these practices persist in transitional forest and grassland patterns of the present time.