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Forest Fires - A Burning Issue
Title: Forest Fires - A Burning Issue
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 2456 | Pages: 10.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Forest Fires - A Burning Issue
INTRODUCTION
Fire has been a factor in the formation and maintenance of our forests for centuries (Lamprey, 1974). This has occurred from natural sources such as lightning as well as from people. This combination has resulted in our current forest compositions and some of the attitudes the public holds on fire today.
Prescribed burning is often mentioned as a tool to prevent wildfires. Little data exists to support this premise. The purpose of this research was …showed first 75 words of 2456 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2456 total…Sixth Conference on Fire and Meteorology, pp.228-233. Washington, D.C.: Society of American Foresters.
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Davis, C. (1951, April). Only You can prevent forest fires.
American Forests, pp. 27-32.
Mobley, H.E., Jackson, R.S., Balmer, W.E., Ruziska, W.E., & Hough, W.A. (1978). A guide for prescribed burning in southern forests (rev. ed.).. Georgia: USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Area.
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