Suppression Linked to Fire Exclusion and the Manipulation of Landscapes by Fuels Crews
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Suppression-Caused Wildfire Exclusion It is by now largely an accepted opinion that the exclusion of fire from ecosystems is creating conditions supportive of greater-intensity wildfires. The central premise of fire exclusion is that suppression activities, namely the construction of control lines (“fireline”), prevent wildfire from performing its natural role in removing dead and down material, initiating growth, and thinning vegetation and timber stands (“fuels”).
Suppression Linked to Fire Exclusion and the Manipulation of Landscapes by Fuels Crews
Suppression Linked to Fire Exclusion and the…
Suppression Linked to Fire Exclusion and the Manipulation of Landscapes by Fuels Crews
Suppression-Caused Wildfire Exclusion It is by now largely an accepted opinion that the exclusion of fire from ecosystems is creating conditions supportive of greater-intensity wildfires. The central premise of fire exclusion is that suppression activities, namely the construction of control lines (“fireline”), prevent wildfire from performing its natural role in removing dead and down material, initiating growth, and thinning vegetation and timber stands (“fuels”).