Prescribed burning in the interior ponderosa pine type of northeastern California . . . a preliminary study

Donald T. Gordon

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Prescribed burning in the interior ponderosa pine type of northeastern California . . . a preliminary study

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Donald T. Gordon

Year:

1967

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Paper PSW-RP-45. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 20 p

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Abstract

Three prescribed burns, made in 1959-62, in the interior ponderosa pine type of northeastern California are described in terms of meteorological factors, fire behavior, and effects of burning. Results were generally unsatisfactory. Factors that limit the usefulness of prescribed burning for reducing fuel hazard or for thinning in young-growth stands include stand structure, weather patterns, and costs.

Keywords

California, interior ponderosa pine, Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest, prescribed burning, burning weather, fuel hazard reduction, understory removal

Citation

Gordon, Donald T. 1967. Prescribed burning in the interior ponderosa pine type of northeastern California . . . a preliminary study. Res. Paper PSW-RP-45. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 20 p