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

57. Davison, V. E., and W. W. Neely. 1959. Managing farm fields, wetlands, and 
         waters for wild ducks in the South. USDA Farmers' Bull. 2144. 14 pp.

Information on planting duck foods, converting marshlands to moist soil units, and planning best management practices for marshes, freshwater impoundments, brackish ponds, and bottomland hardwoods is provided. Burning is emphasized as a management tool to control undesirable plants, remove rough, and stimulate growth of species favored by geese, ducks, and muskrats. [K-L-S]

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