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Type: Book
Author(s): J. A. Turner
Publication Date: 1968

This note outlines the objectives and problems of prescribed burning as a tool of forest management. The importance of a number of weather factors is discussed and suggestions are presented for provision of effective weather guidance to forest officers concerned with this problem.

Citation: Turner, J. A. 1968. Weather and slash burning. Technical Memoranda. Toronto, Ontario, Department of Transport: Meteorological Branch.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Ecology    Climate    Economics    Fuels    Hazard and Risk    Prescribed Fire    Weather
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Keywords:
  • Canada
  • coniferous forests
  • fire control
  • fire hazard reduction
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • forest management
  • fuel loading
  • fuel moisture
  • grazing
  • logging
  • moisture
  • Ontario
  • rate of spread
  • regeneration
  • slash
  • sloping terrain
  • soil moisture
  • topography
  • wildlife management
  • wind
Tall Timbers Record Number: 13113Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Fire File DDWAbstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
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FRAMES Record Number: 38507

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