G.G.E. Scudder and I.M. Smith. 1998. Introduction and Summary in Smith, I.M., and G.G.E. Scudder, eds. Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, 1998.

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Table 3. First and Last Known Fire Dates and Fire Frequency in Dry Interior Forests

Site (Forest Region)

First Fire Last Fire Mean Fire Interval (Years)

Riske Creek (Cariboo)

1759

1926

9.8

Dewdrop Range (Kamloops)

1542

1967

18.4

Battle Bluff (Kamloops)

1757

1913

9.2

East Kootenay, location unknown (Nelson)

1729

1908

13.7

Canal Flats (Nelson)

1628

1937

20.6

Alex Fraser Research Forest (Cariboo)

1754

1915

12.3

Koocanusa Lake (Nelson)

1813

1940

6.8