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

252. Tester, J. R., and W. H. Marshall. 1962. Minnesota prairie management 
          techniques and their wildlife implications. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. 
          Conf. 27:267-287.

Suggested management for the Waubun Prairie, MN, and similar areas is a 4-year rotation of spring burn, no treatment, graze, and no treatment. Burning does not seem to greatly alter the marsh edge community as does grazing, but does remove thick debris. Removal of all cover in upland areas adjacent to wetlands by burning would locally reduce waterfowl nesting opportunities. [K-L-S]

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