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Synthesis Of Knowledge Of Hazardous Fuels Management In Loblolly Pine Forests, Douglas J. Marshall, Michael Wimberly, Pete Bettinger, John Stanturf
Synthesis Of Knowledge Of Hazardous Fuels Management In Loblolly Pine Forests, Douglas J. Marshall, Michael Wimberly, Pete Bettinger, John Stanturf
Joint Fire Science Program Synthesis Reports
This synthesis provides an overview of hazardous fuels management in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) forests, as well as a reference guide on prescribed burning and alternative fuel management treatments. Available information is presented on treatment feasibility, approximate costs, and effects on soil, water quality, and wildlife. The objectives of fuel management in loblolly pine forests are to reduce the density of some targeted plant vegetation and change the structural condition of the forest, or both. Prescribed burning is the most common tool for managing fuels in the South due to the relatively low cost per acre and the ability to …
Synthesis Of Knowledge From Woody Biomass Removal Case Studies, Alexander M. Evans
Synthesis Of Knowledge From Woody Biomass Removal Case Studies, Alexander M. Evans
Joint Fire Science Program Synthesis Reports
Interest in woody biomass from forests has increased because of rising fossil fuel costs, concerns about greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels, and the threat of catastrophic wildfires. However, getting woody biomass from the forest to the consumer presents economic and logistical challenges. Woody biomass is the lowest-value material removed from the forest, usually logging slash, small-diameter trees, tops, limbs, or trees that can not be sold as timber. This report brings together 45 case studies of how biomass is removed from forests and used across the country to demonstrate the wide variety of successful strategies, funding sources, harvesting operations, …