Preliminary guidelines for prescribed burning under standing timber in western larch/douglas-fir forests

Rodney A. Norum

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Preliminary guidelines for prescribed burning under standing timber in western larch/douglas-fir forests

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Rodney A. Norum

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Research Note INT-229. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Range and Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.

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Abstract

Guidelines are offered for safe, effective fire treatments in western larch/Douglas-fir forests. Describes procedures for estimating and limiting the scorching of tree crows. Provides a method for predicting percentage of the forest floor that will be burned down to mineral soil.

Keywords

fire management, prescribed fire, fire prescriptions, understory burning, firing techniques

Citation

Norum, Rodney A. 1977. Preliminary guidelines for prescribed burning under standing timber in western larch/douglas-fir forests. Research Note INT-229. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Range and Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.