Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

Southwest Fire

A management strategy for re-introducing fire back into forest ecosystems of the Southwest is to let fires continue burning under strictly controlled conditions, that is, not to suppress them immediately. This strategy has been called "let burn."


Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA
Main Office: (520) 621-1608, Fax: (520) 621-8229
Comments to Paul Sheppard: sheppard@ltrr.arizona.edu