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Type: Fact Sheet / Brief / Bulletin
Author(s): Amanda Rau
Publication Date: 2020

In order to meet preidentified objectives, prescribed burns are lit under specific conditions to produce desirable results such as favorable plant response, healthy forest and rangeland conditions for grazing and wildlife habitat, silvicultural treatments, indigenous cultural practices, and reduced wildfire hazard.

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Citation: Rau, Amanda. 2020. What is? Prescribed burn. Fire Facts. Corvallis, OR: Northwest Fire Science Consortium. 2p.

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Keywords:
  • broadcast burning
  • NWFSC - Northwest Fire Science Consortium
  • pile burning
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FRAMES Record Number: 62344