Year Published:
Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Prescribed Fire-use treatments
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Prescribed Fire-use treatments
Ecosystem(s):
Montane dry mixed-conifer forest, Mountain shrubland/wooded draw, Lower montane/foothills/valley grassland
NRFSN number: 11259
FRAMES RCS number: 12613
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Provides information on use of prescribed fire to enhance productivity of bunchgrass ranges that have been invaded by Douglas-fir. Six vegetative "situations" representative of treatment opportunities most commonly encountered in Montana are discussed. Included are fire prescription considerations and identification of the resource objective, fire objective, kind of fire needed, and fuels.
Citation
Gruell, George E.; Brown, James K.; Bushey, Charles L. 1986. Prescribed fire opportunities in grasslands invaded by Douglas-fir: state-of-the-art guidelines. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-198. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 19 p.