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Report by Elers Koch on the causes of the 1919 Selway fire(s). Item Info

Title:
Report by Elers Koch on the causes of the 1919 Selway fire(s).
Creator:
Koch, Elers
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1919-10-23
Description:
A report by Elers Koch (the ranger immortalized in Forty Years A Forester) on the massively destructive fire season of 1919. Koch suggests what he sees to be necessary changes to the region's fire-suppression policy, using firsthand experience fighting the fires of 1919 as his evidence.
Subjects:
fire suppression fire management fire
Location:
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (Idaho and Mont.)
Latitude:
46.116667
Longitude:
-114.933333
Publisher:
Unpublished
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Source:
Missoula Northern Region Archives
Source Identifier:
11
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf

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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Report by Elers Koch on the causes of the 1919 Selway fire(s).", The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness History Project, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/sbw/items/sbw175.html
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