From the text ... 'With improved markets, more intensive forest management is justified and landowners are seeking economical and effective methods of establishing, developing, and harvesting the forest crop. Among the tools used by silviculturists and forest managers in the South is fire. Fire has been useful in the Coastal Plain region in hazard reduction and for silvicultural purposes, such as controlling undesirable species and preparing seedbeds for pine. Piedmont foresters want to know if they, too, can use fire and use it effectively and economically as a tool. However, they are reluctant to adopt wholesale methods because of the general feeling fire is harmful, and also they don*t know when, where, and how to use. it. The purpose of this analysis is to review the problem, and organize a series studies on possib1e uses, economics, and effects of the use of fire.'