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Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forests - Provides
‘basic information to help you become technically proficient
in the proper use of prescribed fire.’ Contains a glossary
of forestry terms http://www.pfmt.org/standman/prescrib.htm
Designing a Prescribed Fire Demonstration Area - Why
a Demonstration Area for Prescribed Fire? Considerations for siting
a prescribed fire demonstration. Maintained by University of Florida,
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR060
Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments for Ecosystem Restoration - ‘Compared
to historic conditions, many forests in the United States are now
more dense and have more down fuels.’ This Joint Fire Science
Program will assess how ecological components or processes may be
changed or lost if fire surrogates such as cutting and mechnical
fuel treatments are used instead of fire http://frames.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=363&
mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true
Fire Use - Fire
Use is a major program element of Fire & Aviation Management,
USDA -Forest Service. The program includes the combination of Wildland
Fire Use opportunities and Prescribed Fire (Rx Fire) applications
to meet natural resource objectives. http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/fireuse/index.html
