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A Land Manager's Guide for Creating Fire-resistant Forests

Year of Publication
2013
Publication Type

This publication provides an overview of how various silvicultural treatments affect fuel and fire behavior, and how to create fire-resistant forests. In properly treated, fire-resistant forests, fire intensity is reduced and overstory trees are more likely to survive than in untreated forests. Fire-resistant forests are not “fireproof” – under the right conditions, any forest will burn. Much of what we present here is pertinent to the drier forests of the Pacific Northwest, which have become extremely dense and fire prone.

Authors
S. Fitzgerald; M. Bennett
Citation

Fitzgerald S, Bennett M. A Land Manager's Guide for Creating Fire-resistant Forests. Oregon State University Extension & the Northwest Fire Science Consortium; 2013 p. 14.

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