In this Book
- Conducting Prescribed Fires: A Comprehensive Manual
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
summary
Landowners and managers, municipalities, the logging and livestock industries, and conservation professionals all increasingly recognize that setting prescribed fires may reduce the devastating effects of wildfire, control invasive brush and weeds, improve livestock range and health, maintain wildlife habitat, control parasites, manage forest lands, remove hazardous fuel in the wildland-urban interface, and create residential buffer zones.
In this practical and helpful manual, John R. Weir, who has conducted more than 720 burns in four states, offers a step-by-step guide to the systematic application of burning to meet specific land management needs and goals.
Table of Contents
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- chapter 2. Law and Liability
- pp. 13-21
- chapter 3. Prescribed Fire Policy
- pp. 22-26
- chapter 4. Public Relations
- pp. 27-40
- chapter 5. Fire Weather
- pp. 41-50
- chapter 7. Fire Prescriptions
- pp. 62-70
- chapter 8. Fire Plans
- pp. 71-77
- chapter 9. Personal Safety
- pp. 78-87
- chapter 10. Firebreaks
- pp. 88-105
- chapter 11. Fire Equipment
- pp. 106-122
- chapter 12. Ignition Devices
- pp. 123-135
- chapter 13. Ignition Techniques
- pp. 136-155
- chapter 14. Smoke Management
- pp. 156-167
- chapter 15. Postburn Mop-up
- pp. 168-176
- chapter 16. Prescribed Fire Associations
- pp. 177-182
- References
- pp. 183-188
Additional Information
ISBN
9781603443364
Related ISBN(s)
9781603441346
MARC Record
OCLC
671647690
Pages
206
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No