Backburning as an Alternative to Traditional Pre-Commercial Thinning

Lloyd F. Thomas; Thomas A. Waldrop

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Backburning as an Alternative to Traditional Pre-Commercial Thinning

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Lloyd F. Thomas, Thomas A. Waldrop

Year:

1999

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Tree Farmer: The Practical Guide to Sustainable Forestry, May/June 1999

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Abstract

Two studies--at the USDA Forestry Science Laboratories in Macon, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina - suggest that the cost of pre-commercial thinning can be reduced with low-intensity prescribed burning.

Citation

Thomas, Lloyd F.; Waldrop, Thomas A. 1999. Backburning as an Alternative to Traditional Pre-Commercial Thinning. Tree Farmer: The Practical Guide to Sustainable Forestry, May/June 1999