This file was created by scanning the printed publication. Errors identified by the software have been corrected; however, some errors may remain. Contents Page Role of Fire in the Management of Southwestern Ecosystems Henry A. Wright ...................................................................................... 1 Fire History and Climate in the Southwestern United States Thomas W. Swetnam .............................................................................. 6 Fire Effects on Vegetation and Succession Malcolm J. Zwolinski ............................................................................ 18 Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources John Lissoway and Judith Propper ........................................................ 25 Hydrologic and Water Quality Effects of Fire Malchus B. Baker, Jr............................................................................. 31 Fire Effects on Grasses in Semiarid Deserts Jerry R. Cox, F. A. lbarra-F, and M. H. Martin-R .. .................................. 43 Effects of Fire on Wildlife in Southwestern Lowland Habitats Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ............................................................ 50 Effects of Fire on the Soil Resource in Arizona Chaparral Leonard F. DeBano .............................................................................. 65 Effects of Fire on Pinyon-Juniper Soils W. Wallace Covington and Leonard F. DeBano .................................... 78 Fire Effects in Southwestern Chaparral and Pinyon-Juniper Vegetation Rex D. Pieper and Roger D. Wittie ........................................................ 87 Increasing Habitat Diversity in Southwestern Forests and Woodlands via Prescribed Fire Kieth E. Severson and John N. Rinne .................................................... 94 Fire Effects on Ponderosa Pine Soils and Their Management Implications W. W. Covington and S. S. Sackett .................................................... 105 Playing with Fire: Effects of Fire in Management of Southwestern Recreation Resources Jonathan G. Taylor .............................................................................. 112 Using Fire as a Management Tool in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Michael G. Harrington and Stephen S. Sackett .................................... 122 Social/Political Obstacles and Opportunities in Prescribed Fire Management Terry C. Daniel ........•........................................................................... 134 (Continued) Page Smoke Management: An Emerging Profession Peter Lahm, Douglas Fox, and AI Riebau ............................................ 139 Prescribed Fire Monitoring and Evaluation Activities P. N. Omi ............................................................................................ 146 Opportunities for Fire Management in the Future Peter F. Ffolliott .................................................................................. 152 Fire History in a Small Ponderosa Pine Stand Surrounded by Chaparral J. H. Dieterich and A. R. Hibbert .......................................................... 168 Effects of Tebuthiuron and Fire on Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands in Southcentral New Mexico Roger D. Wittie and Kirk C. McDaniel .................................................. 174 Runoff and Sediment from a Burned Sagebrush Community J. R. Simanton, G. D. Wingate, and M.A. Weltz .................................. 180 Seedbed Ecology of Lehmann Lovegrass in Relation to Fire L. B. Sumrall, B. A. Roundy, J. R. Cox, and V. K. Winkel .................... 186 Fire Management in the Taos-Blue Lake Wilderness Area Thomas V. Skinner .............................................................................. 190 Forest Fires in Mexico: Causes and Strategies Luis Antonio Bojorquez-Tapia .............................................................. 193 Impact of Fire on the Microbial Processes in Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands: Management Implications Carole Coe Klopatek, Leonard F. DeBano, and Jeffrey M. Klopatek .... 197 Wettability of an Arizona Chaparral Soil Influenced by Prescribed Burning John H. Brock and Leonard F. DeBano .............................................. 206 Fire Effects Information System: An Aid for Fire Use in the Southwest William C. Fischer and Nancy E. McMurray ........................................ 210 FIREMAP: Simulation of Fire Behavior-A GIS Supported System Maria J. Vasconcelos, D. Phillip Guertin, and Malcolm J.,Zwolinski ...... 217 Streamflow and Water Quality Responses to Preharvest Prescribed Burning in an Undisturbed Ponderosa Pine Watershed · Gerald J. Gottfried and Leonard F. DeBano ........................................ 222 Survival of Damaged Singleleaf Pinyon One Year After Wildfire David R. Weise -.................................................................................. 229 (Continued) Page Fire and Forest Insect Pests J. M. Schmid and D. L. Parker ............................................................ 232 Interactions of Fire and Dwarf Mistletoe on Mortality of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Michael G. Harrington and Frank G. Hawks worth ................................ 234 Selective Mortality with Prescribed Fire in Canyon Live Oak Timothy E. Paysen and Marcia G. Narog ............................................ 241 Appropriate Suppression Response on the Gila National Forest Stephan H. SeNis and Janet F. Hurley ................................................ 244 Feedback Mechanism in a Chaparral Watershed Following Wildfire Burchard H. Heede .............................................................................. 246 Prescribed Fire in Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forests: A 24-Year Case Study Peter F. Ffolliot(and D. Phillip Guertin ................................................ 250 Selected References: Fire Effects in the Southwest L. F. DeBano, J. H. Dieterich, W. W. Covington, and M. J. Zwolinski .. 255