Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

Relative to Northern Grasslands in South-Central Canada and North-Central United States


16. Bailey, A.W. 1978. History of fire in the Canadian Plains. Pages 3-6 in Proc Fire and Range Management Seminar, sponsored by the Land Use Service DREE-PFRA and Lands Branch, Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture, Regina.

Uses historical literature to review lightning, Indians, and settlers as early sources of fire in the Canadian plains provinces. Effects of fire suppression on vegetation and soils are discussed.


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