What kind of cutting and thinning can prevent crown fires?

Mick Harrington

Treesearch

What kind of cutting and thinning can prevent crown fires?

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Mick Harrington

Year:

2008

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Ritter, Sharon, ed. EcoReport. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project. p. 7, 12.

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Abstract

Many land managers are attempting to lessen the probability of severe wildfire behavior and impacts, especially near communities, by manipulating canopy and surface fuel characteristics. Various interest groups have questioned the value of fuels treatments. In reality, apart from fire exposure when a real fire went through a treated stand, effectiveness of fuel treatments has not been quantifiable until the recent development of protocols for canopy fuels assessment and crown fire behavior modeling.

Parent Publication

ECO-Report - Finding common ground: Montana Forest Restoration Committee

Keywords

BEMRP, Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project

Citation

Harrington, Mick. 2008. What kind of cutting and thinning can prevent crown fires?. In: Ritter, Sharon, ed. EcoReport. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project. p. 7, 12.