Pacific Southwest

Title: Prescribed burning in the interior ponderosa pine type of northeastern California . . . a preliminary study

Author: Gordon, Donald T.

Date: 1967

Source: Res. Paper PSW-RP-45. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 20 p

Station ID: RP-PSW-045

Description: Three prescribed burns, made in 1959-62, in the interior ponderosa pine type of northeastern California are described in terms of meteorological factors, fire behavior, and effects of burning. Results were generally unsatisfactory. Factors that limit the usefulness of prescribed burning for reducing fuel hazard or for thinning in young-growth stands include stand structure, weather patterns, and costs.

Keywords: California, interior ponderosa pine, Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest, prescribed burning, burning weather, fuel hazard reduction, understory removal

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Gordon, Donald T.  1967.  Prescribed burning in the interior ponderosa pine type of northeastern California . . . a preliminary study.   Res. Paper PSW-RP-45. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 20 p.