Synthesis of Knowledge of Hazardous Fuels Management in Loblolly Pine Forests (52 pages)

In recent years, the danger of destructive wildfires has become a major problem in many areas of the United States due to an increase in the human population and to decades of fuel accumulation resulting from wildfire suppression and climatic variability. Fencing of livestock has also reduced the frequency of woods burning to improve livestock grazing. As a result, forests that previously burned regularly have been allowed to build up so much fuel so that when a wildfire does occur, it can be intense and difficult to suppress, endangering lives and property and degrading the forest.

Author(s):

United States Department of Agriculture
 Forest Service
 Southern Research Station
 Douglas J. Marshall
 Michael Wimberly
 Pete Bettinger
 John Stanturf

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Categories:

  • Multiple Use
  • Forest Wildlife
  • Urban Forestry
  • Regeneration
  • Misc.
  • Forest Management
  • Forest Health
  • Conservation Education
  • Environmental Management

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3555

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226