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Author(s): Robert E. Martin; Stuart E. Coleman; Arlen H. Johnson
Publication Date: 1977

Backpack pumps or pickup pumpers and two 4-foot wands attached to a Y can be used to install firelines for prescribed burning in light fuels on rangeland. The technique is inexpensive, effective, and it does not permanently deface the landscape.

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Citation: Martin, R. E., S. E. Coleman, and A. H. Johnson. 1977. Wetline technique for prescribed burning firelines in rangeland. Research Note PNW-292. Portland, OR, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.

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Topics:
Economics    Fire Behavior    Fire Ecology    Fuels    Planning    Prescribed Fire
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • fine fuels
  • fire equipment
  • firebreaks
  • light
  • range management
  • rangelands
Tall Timbers Record Number: 280 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.79:PNW-292 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 26558

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