Insights from wildfire backburns for conducting hot prescribed burns in ponderosa pine plantations

2020 Research Brief

Description

In this study, researchers examined the effects of backburning operations in a heavily stocked ponderosa pine plantation during the 2012 Mill Fire.

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Author

This brief was written by Rachelle Hedges, Stacey Frederick, and Rob York, and produced by the CFSC.

Contact

For more information, contact rachelle.hedges@berkeley.edu, ssfrederick@berkeley.edu, ryork@berkeley.edu

Tags

Fire Ecology
Beneficial Fire

Additional Information

Zhang JW, Finley KA, Knapp EE. 2019. Resilience of a ponderosa pine plantation to a backfiring operation during a mid-summer wildfire. International Journal of Wildland Fire 28(12) 981-992.