Guide to understory burning in ponderosa pine-larch-fir forests in the Intermountain West

Bruce M. Kilgore; George A. Curtis

doi:10.2737/INT-GTR-233

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Guide to understory burning in ponderosa pine-larch-fir forests in the Intermountain West

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Authors:

Bruce M. Kilgore, George A. Curtis

Year:

1987

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-GTR-233

Source:

General Technical Report INT-233. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 39 p.

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Abstract

Summarizes the objectives, prescriptions, and techniques used in prescribed burning beneath the canopy of ponderosa pine stands, and stands of ponderosa pine mixed with western larch, Douglas-fir, and grand fir. Information was derived from 12 districts in two USDA Forest Service Regions and seven National Forests in Montana and Oregon.

Keywords

fire prescriptions, ignition techniques, fire management, prescribed fire, site preparation, fuel management, silviculture, ponderosa pine, western larch, grand fir, forest management

Citation

Kilgore, Bruce M.; Curtis, George A. 1987. Guide to understory burning in ponderosa pine-larch-fir forests in the Intermountain West. General Technical Report INT-233. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 39 p.