Pre-Fire Intervention - Thinning and Prescribed Burning

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I.   Introduction

II.  What stand conditions result in the need for thinning?

• Stand density
• Ladder fuels
• History of fire exclusion

III.  Considerations related to thinning

• Wildland-urban interface (WUI)
• Concerns
• Expected outcomes
• Recommendations

IV.  How do we know thinning is effective?

• Evidence from Biscuit Fire – Oregon
• Pollet and Omi study
• Evidence from Hayman Fire – Colorado
• Evidence from Angora Fire – California

V.  Prescribed fire

• Types of prescribed fire
• Concerns
• Expected outcomes
• Recommendations

VI.  National Fire Plan and Healthy Forests Restoration Act

• Purpose
• Benefits
• Concerns
• Areas of agreement

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