An experimental prescribed burn to reduce fuel hazard in chaparral

Lisle R. Green

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An experimental prescribed burn to reduce fuel hazard in chaparral

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Lisle R. Green

Year:

1970

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PSW-RN-216. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p

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Abstract

The feasibility of reducing fuel hazard in chaparral during safe weather conditions was studied in an experimental prescribed burn in southern California. Burning was done under fuel and weather conditions when untreated brush would not bum readily. Preparatory treatment included smashing of brush on strips with a bulldozer, and reduction of moisture content of leaves and fine twigs with a desiccant. Seventy percent of green fuels were consumed by the fire. Costs per acre for the treatments were about $13.50.

Keywords

chaparral, fuel hazard reduction, prescribed burning, southern California

Citation

Green, Lisle R. 1970. An experimental prescribed burn to reduce fuel hazard in chaparral. Res. Note PSW-RN-216. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p