Term Paper on "Controlled Burning in Yellowstone National Park: Literature"

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Controlled Burning in Yellowstone National Park: Literature Review

Wildland Fire in Yellowstone. (June 28, 2007). Retrieved June 11, 2008 from the National Park Service Web site: http://www.nps.gov/yell/naturescience/wildlandfire.htm

This 2007 article issued by the National Park Service details the history of the Wildland Fire of 1988, one of the largest fires of this century. According to the article, the unseasonably dry weather contributed to the spreading of the fire, which was caused both by controlled burn fires and uncontrolled fires. Although the article provides some reference to scholarship regarding controlled burning, it is primarily a history of the major fire, including a brief history of controlled burns in the area. The article's content is not only relevant to the topic because of the brief history of the controlled burns outlined, but also because it contains a significantly strong rebuttal to one argument those against controlled burning might wage -- that the Wildland fire was caused by controlled burns only. According to this article, only thirty-eight of the fifty fires that burned in the area were allowed to burn. Although the Wildland fire could be used by those against controlled burning to suggest that this type of natural burning is damaging to nature, this article provides factual evidence that controlled burning might not be at fault for the fire. Because the article is a report by a government agency, the National Parks Service, its authority and balance cannot be easily disputed. The article's quality of writing is impeccable and the amount of factual information is desirable. Also, finding an article about a past event with such a current date is no easy task. The recent date ensures that the article's scientific information is in agreement with modern standards.

Greater Yellowstone Clean Air Partnership. (November 2005). Greater Yellowstone

Area Air Quality Assessment Update. Retrieved June 11, 2008 from the National Park Service Website at http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/GYA_AirQuality_Nov_2005.pdf.

In this research report, the National Park Service details the effects of prescribed fire and wildfire smoke. The report provides information relevant to the topic, especially the conclusion that "wildfire smoke is the most dramatic air quality impact and prescribed fire is the predominant Forest Service and Park Service emission producing management activity in the GYA" (9). The contents of the report, however, do not deal solely with controlled burns. Though the report is useful for its recent research on the air born effects of controlled burn, it is not a major source of research on the topic. The writing is understandable and concise and the source is irrefutable.

Turner, Monica G., Hargrove, William W., Gardner Robert H., and Romme,

William H. (1994). Effects of fire on landscape heterogeneity in Yellowstone

National Park, Wyoming. Journal of Vegetation Science, 5 (5), 731-742.

This article is rather scientific in language and report, and though is a bit dense for the non-scientist, contributes relevantly to the topic by describing certain scientific aftereffects of burning in Yellowstone National Park. The researchers used a map of "burn severity" from the great fires of 1998 in order to determine the heterogeneity of growth that resulted from moderate and severe burns. The researchers sought to analyze the relationship between heterogeneity and fire size. The research is significant to controlled burning because it will allow forest managers to determine strategic locations for planting certain types of plant species… READ MORE

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