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Author(s):
Chad M. Hoffman, Brandon M. Collins, Michael A. Battaglia
Year Published:
Editor(s):
Sam Manzello

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects

NRFSN number: 18313
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The purposeful use of any silvicultural method, including mechanical methods, managed wildfire, prescribed fire, or a combination of approaches, to intentionally alter the fuel complex in such a way as to modify fire behavior and thereby minimize the potential negative impacts of future wildfires on ecosystem goods and services, cultural resources, and human communities.

Citation

Hoffman, Chad M.; Collins, Brandon; Battaglia, Mike. 2018. Wildland fuel treatments. In: Manzello, S. L., ed. Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51727-8_83-1

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