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Author(s):
Carol Miller
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Fuel Treatment Effectiveness
Topic(s):
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Prescribed Fire-use treatments
Management Approaches
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NRFSN number: 11500
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FRAMES RCS number: 5427
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Prescribed fire can be the most practical and affordable way to reduce dangerous accumulations of combustible fuels. At the same time, prescribed fire can help restore the ecological process of fire to fire-adapted ecosystems through its influence on soil nutrients, growth and mortality of plants, seedling establishment and regeneration, wildlife habitat and activity, and hydrological cycles.

Citation

Miller, Carol. 2005. When to prescribe. Wildfire Magazine. July 2005. p. 16-21.

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