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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): H. H. Biswell; A. M. Schultz
Publication Date: 1956

Correct timing of prescribed burning of dead vegetation in timber reduces danger of uncontrolled fires in those areas.

Citation: Biswell, H. H., and A. M. Schultz. 1956. Reduction of wildfire hazard. California Agriculture, v. 10, no. 11, p. 4-5.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Ecology    Fuels    Hazard and Risk    Prescribed Fire
Regions:
California    Great Basin    Northwest
Keywords:
  • broadcast burning
  • dead fuels
  • duff
  • fire hazard reduction
  • forest management
  • litter
  • needles
  • pine forests
  • Pinus ponderosa
  • precipitation
  • season of fire
  • second growth forests
  • soil moisture
  • understory vegetation
  • weather observations
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 8014 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File DDW • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 33835

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