Southern Research Station

Title: Backburning as an Alternative to Traditional Pre-Commercial Thinning

Author: Thomas, Lloyd F.; Waldrop, Thomas A.

Date: 1999

Source: Tree Farmer: The Practical Guide to Sustainable Forestry, May/June 1999

Description: Two studies--at the USDA Forestry Science Laboratories in Macon, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina - suggest that the cost of pre-commercial thinning can be reduced with low-intensity prescribed burning.

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Thomas, Lloyd F.; Waldrop, Thomas A.  1999.  Backburning as an Alternative to Traditional Pre-Commercial Thinning.   Tree Farmer: The Practical Guide to Sustainable Forestry, May/June 1999