Historical Ecology Project


Applied historical ecology is the use of historical knowledge in the management of ecosystems. Historical perspectives increase our understanding of the dynamic nature of landscapes and provide a frame of reference for assessing modern patterns and processes. Historical timeframes range from decades to millennia. As Aldo Leopold (1941) observed, "A science of land health needs, first of all, a base datum of normality, a picture of how healthy land maintains itself as an organism.

www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/spotlight/place/place_exhistory.asp

 


  Historical Data and Records

 

 

 

 

 

♦Written Narratives

 

♦Oral Histories

 

♦Geneology

 

♦Imagery

 

♦Reports

 

♦Research and Monitoring