INDIAN BURNING AND WILDLIFE HABITAT PATTERNS OF THE OREGON COAST RANGE, 1491-2004 Oregon Chapter of...

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

• 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

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.

Sources of Information

Historical Drawings & Photographs

AerialPhotograph

Historical Maps

Living Memory and Oral Traditions

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

•1770 Millicoma Fire•Wagon Roads and Trails

GISCONVERSION

Types of Indian Burning Practices

Northern Coast Range

Eastern Coast Range

WillametteValley, Oregon

Soap CreekValley,Oregon

Western Coast Range

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

Alsea Valley North Fork Prairie Trail Network,

1775-2003

Southern Coast Range

Indian Burning Patterns, Oregon Coast Range, ca. 1800

Oregon CoastRange Fuels

*Spruce/hemlock

*Douglas-fir

*Oak grasslands

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.

INDIAN BURNING AND WILDLIFE HABITAT PATTERNS OF THE OREGON COAST RANGE, 1491-2004 Oregon Chapter of...

Documents

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife...DRAFT, April 17, 2008 OREGON BLACK-TAILED DEER MANAGEMENT PLAN April 17, 2008 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 3406 Cherry Ave. NE Salem,

OREGON WILDLIFE

Marty Olson Oregon Fish and Wildlife The Dalles Screen Shop

Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife Viewing, and Shellfishing in Oregon

OREGON STATE POLICE FISH & WILDLIFE DIVISION

Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission

Oregon White Oak and Wildlife - Know Your Forest · Oregon White Oak and Wildlife Woodland Fish Wildlife 2018 1 Introduction. The graceful, spreading Oregon white oak presides over

Oregon Land&Wildlife

the OREGON CONSERVATION STRATEGYrisk species in the Oregon Conservation Strategy (OCS), Oregon’s Wildlife Action Plan and statewide framework for conserving fish and wildlife species

site management plan - Oregon Wildlife Institute

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Washington

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE WILDLIFE

Oregon Department and Fish and Wildlife Fisheries ... › wp...Oregon Department and Fish and Wildlife Fisheries Monitoring Report 2018 Deschutes River Fisheries Monitoring Report:

Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife Viewing, and Shellfishing in Oregon: 2008

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · OREGON . BLACK-TAILED DEER MANAGEMENT PLAN . November 14, 2008 . Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife . 3406 Cherry Ave. NE . Salem, OR

2004 Oregon Steelhead Status Update Steve Jacobs Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program - Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Final report on Oregon Wildlife Linkage workshops hosted

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Introducing the Oregon Conservation trategy Oregon Wildlife Movement Strategy Pacific Northwest Wildlife Connections