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Present uses of prescribed fire in Canada are reviewed. Fire has been a natural component of many forested North American landscapes for millennia, making it an obvious choice as an effective forest management tool. It can be used in harmony with known fire adaptations of ecosystems to be managed. Prescribed fire uses are separated into six categories: (1) hazard reduction which evolved into (2) silviculture (including fire use for site preparation, managing competing vegetation, stand conversion and stand rehabilitation) (3) wildlife habitat enhancement (4) range burning (5) insect and disease control (6) conservation of natural ecosystems. Some historic developments of prescribed fire use are presented including area burned under prescription by province and territory. Prescribed fire emerges as a cost effective practice that is ecologically compatible with many forest, wildlife, and park management objectives. Its continued use in the management of Canadian forests seems to be assured, as long as it is constantly developed and adapted to the changing needs and priorities of the general public.© The Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada. Abstract reproduced by permission.
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- adaptation
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- conservation
- ecosystem dynamics
- fire adaptations
- fire hazard reduction
- forest management
- insect ecology
- island ecology
- lightning caused fires
- logging
- Manitoba
- multiple resource management
- natural areas management
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- plant diseases
- Quebec
- range management
- rangeland fires
- Saskatchewan
- site treatments
- statistical analysis
- wildlife
- wildlife habitat management
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