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Reduction of wildfire hazard: Removal of dead fuel reduced damage by wildfire in treated portion of experimental second growth ponderosa pine range
Author
H. H. BiswellAuthor Affiliations
H. H. Biswell is Professor of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 13(6):5-5. DOI:10.3733/ca.v013n06p5. June 1959.
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Abstract
Wildfires in areas treated by prescribed burning are relatively easy to control and are much less damaging than fires in similar untreated areas.
Biswell H. 1959. Reduction of wildfire hazard: Removal of dead fuel reduced damage by wildfire in treated portion of experimental second growth ponderosa pine range. Hilgardia 13(6):5-5. DOI:10.3733/ca.v013n06p5
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