Posts Tagged With: prescribed fire
Rabbit Rules for Prescribed Burns
Forest Service scientists with the Southern Research Station (SRS) Center for Forest Disturbance Science (CFDS) recently tested Rabbit Rules, a simplified model they developed that can be used to quickly calculate fire and smoke behavior from prescribed burns. The impacts of smoke on air quality are particularly important in the South, where managers use prescribed … Continue reading
More Fuel for Fire?
Fire’s been a fact of life for millennia in the South, shaping the range and ecology of pine, certain oak, and palm forests. But along with shrinking polar ice and rising sea levels, there is general agreement among climate scientists that climate change will probably increase both the intensity and frequency of fire in the … Continue reading
Updated Guide to Prescribed Fire in Southern Ecosystems
“Prescribed burning is FIRE…applied in a skillful manner, under exacting weather conditions, in a definite place, to achieve specific results.” Printed on the inside cover of the newly published Introduction to Prescribed Fire in Southern Ecosystems, the sentence above sets the tone for the revised guide developed by Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists Tom Waldrop … Continue reading
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