Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography

38. Chandler, G. A., Jr. 1969. Short term effects of various control measures on 
         undesirable vegetation in a salt and a fresh marsh. M.S. Thesis. 
         Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. 57 pp.

Tilling, burning, chemical, and various combinations of treatments were used to improve marshland on and adjacent to Rockefeller Refuge, LA, for wildlife and cattle. Burning and tilling in combination were most effective in reducing marshhay cordgrass in fresh marsh; tilling was most effective in producing desirable plants. Tilling in the salt marsh reduced both marshhay cordgrass and seashore saltgrass. The herbicide Tri-fen decreased the number of saltmarsh grass stems, but tilling plus Tri-fen was more successful. burning increased the number of stems of saltgrass, but burning, in combination with tilling, decreased the number of saltgrass stems over either treatment used alone. No treatments in the salt marsh were successful in increasing the desired American bulrush. [K-L-S]

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