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Type: Conference Proceedings
Author(s): Robert E. Vihnanek; Roger D. Ottmar
Publication Date: 1994

Major wildfires have affected millions of acres of forest lands in the continental United States during recent years. Often, these wildfires burn through intensively managed, timber producing areas. This study presents a comparison of fuel consumption, soil fire severity, and smoke pollutant production from logged units treated with prescribed fire, and logged units that were left untreated, then burned during the Shady Beach wildfire in western Oreqon. There was an average of 55 percent less fuel consumed when the Shady Beach wildfire burned across a treated unit as compared to an untreated unit. The treated units had a lower index rating for soil fire severity and produced 59 percent less smoke than the untreated units.

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Citation: Vihnanek, Robert E.; Ottmar, Roger D. 1994. When logged units burn in a wildfire, does slash treatment mitigate effects? Pages 709-714 In: Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, October 26-28, Jekyll Island, GA. Bethesda, MD: Society of American Foresters.

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Keywords:
  • broadcast burning
  • clearcut
  • CONSUME
  • downed woody fuels
  • duff
  • emission production
  • FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team
  • fuel consumption
  • fuel treatments
  • logging slash
  • Oregon
  • Shady Beach Fire
  • slash treatment
  • smoke production
  • soil fire severity
  • soil fire severity
  • wildfire effects
  • Willamette National Forest
Tall Timbers Record Number: 19254Location Status: In-fileAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 6976

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