- Author
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Green, L. R.
- Title
- Experimental Prescribed Burn to Reduce Fuel Hazard in Chaparral.
- Coporate
- Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experimental Station, Berkeley, CA
- Report
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PSW-216
1970
6 p.
- Keywords
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forest fires
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weather effects
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costs
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moisture content
- Identifiers
- prescribed burning; chaparral; fuel hazard reduction; southern California
- 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 burn readily. Preparatory treatment included smashing of brush on strips with a bulldozer, and reduction of moisture content of leaves and fire twigs with a desiccant. Seventy percent of green fuels were consumed by the fire.