A prototype fuel-break in the eastside ponderosa-Jeffrey pine type

Donald T. Gordon

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A prototype fuel-break in the eastside ponderosa-Jeffrey pine type

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Authors:

Donald T. Gordon

Year:

1962

Type:

Forest Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Research Note PSW-RN-207. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 9 p.

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Abstract

An average sawtimber stand having a dense understory was converted to one type of fuel-break for $132.00 an acre. Qualified observers believe this barrier would either stop or help in controlling a rolling fire under severe burning conditions.

Citation

Gordon, Donald T. 1962. A prototype fuel-break in the eastside ponderosa-Jeffrey pine type. Research Note PSW-RN-207. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 9 p.