Controlled burns OKd in NW Side woods: County lifts ban on forest fires but neighbors still worriedSteve Patterson
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP)-- New Jersey is on the verge of approving more controlled burns of underbrush on forest floors. The goal is to prevent major forest fires and help ecosystems that depend on fire as part of the natural cycle. The state legislature has passed a bill that pro...
Forest Service cut down trees as part of thei A. By taking in heat from wildfires.is why controlled burns, designed to get rid of work to make forests less dense, this could B. By creating an extreme microclimat dead trees that can easily catch fire and make the prevent giant sequoias...
The goal of Friday's mission was to help improve habitat for the ranging elk- the amount of deadfall was enough to prevent potential new growth from occurring. Prusse hopes the burn will help stimulate growth in time for calving season. "There's actually a fair bit of aspen mortality, you...
Burns planned for N. Idaho forests ; Controlled fires reduce instances of large forest firesZaz Hollander Staff writer
aFor many decades, the policy of the United States Forest Service was to prevent all tires. The policy began to be questioned in the 1960s, when it was realized that fire is an essential part of the life cycle of some trees. This produced the policy of controlled burns to educe underbr...
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It calls for federal officials to substantially increase the number and size of prescribed fires on federal lands. One of the bill's supporters, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, said the legislation would double the budget for controlled burns. It took years for forest managers to come around to ...