Brush Management: Past, Present, Future

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Contents 1. Introduction: Rangeland Woody Plant and Weed Management— Past, Present, and Future / 3 Wayne T. Hamilton and Darrell N. Ueckert 2. Mechanical Practices prior to 1975 / 17 Wayne T. Hamilton and C. Wayne Hanselka 3. Current State of the Art / 33 Harold Wiedemann 4. The Future of Mechanical Treatments for Brush Management: What is Next? / 47 Rory Burroughs, Mike Gibbs, Robert K. Lyons, and Colin McGahey 5. Chemical Weed and Brush Control: Where We Have Been / 57 Rodney W. Bovey 6. A Paradigm Shift / 67 Rob Mitchell, Steve Whisenant, and Ron Sosebee 7. Future of Rangeland Chemical Weed and Brush Control: A Texas Range Scientist’s Viewpoint / 76 Allan McGinty 8. Timing: The Key to Successful Brush Management with Herbicides / 85 Ronald E. Sosebee 9. A Historical Perspective / 99 Darrell N. Ueckert Mechanical Brush Management 15 Chemical Brush Management 55 Biological Brush Management 97 10. Current State of the Art / 121 C. Jack DeLoach and Phil A. Lewis 11. The Future of Biological Management of Weeds on Rangelands: An Entomologist’s Viewpoint / 143 David C. Thompson and Kevin T. Gardner 12. Biological Management of Noxious Brush: A Range Scientist’s Viewpoint / 153 Charles A. Taylor, Jr. 13. Fire Ecology and the Progression of Prescribed Burning for Brush Management / 167 C. J. Scifres 14. Prescribed Burning: Current Policies, Regulations, and Information Sources / 175 D. Lynn Drawe and Allen Rasmussen 15. Effective Application of Prescribed Burning / 187 B. Keith Blair, Jeffrey C. Sparks, and Joe Franklin 16. What’s Next: The Future of Fire as a Tool for Managing Brush / 200 R. James Ansley and Charles A. Taylor 17. Economic and Financial Considerations / 213 J. Richard Conner 18. Runoff from Rangelands: The Role of Shrubs / 227 Bradford P. Wilcox 19. Integrating Wildlife Concerns into Brush Management / 239 Dale Rollins and Ken Cearley 20. Conclusion: Developing and Implementing Brush Management Strategies / 259 Darrell N. Ueckert and Wayne T. Hamilton Index / 275 ii Prescribed Fire 165 Issues in Brush Management 211 Brush Management ...