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Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Prescribed Fire-use treatments
Management Approaches
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Prescribed Fire-use treatments
Management Approaches
NRFSN number: 11500
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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