Excerpt from Chaparral and Associated Ecosystems Management: A 5-Year Research and Development ProgramThe continuation of large, disastrous wildfires, despite large-scale suppression efforts, led resource managers to implement new fire and vegetation management methods. Also, the growing awareness of the value of Chaparral for purposes of watershed, wildlife habitat, recreation, livestock grazing, and potential energy production suggested a pre scription for change. Until then, Chaparral vegetation gener ally had been viewed as worthless, good for little more than fuel for wildfire. But attitudes began to change. Managers were encouraging the search for tools and techniques that could enhance these resources.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.