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Author(s):
Morris C. Johnson
Year Published:

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Topic(s):
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Fuels Inventory & Monitoring
Fuels

NRFSN number: 14955
FRAMES RCS number: 5907
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The principal goals of fuel treatments are to reduce fireline intensities, reduce the potential for crown fires, improve opportunities for successful fire suppression, and improve forest resilience to forest fires. This fact sheet discusses thinning, and surface fuel treatments, as well as challenges associated with those treatments.

Citation

Johnson, Morris C. 2004. Fuels planning: science synthesis and integration; forest structure and fire hazard fact sheet 4: role of silviculture in fuel treatments. Research Note RMRS-RN-22-4-WWW. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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