Laboratory
of
Tree-Ring Research

Southwest Fire:

Other Options

A philosophy of fire management holds that the current heavy fuel loading in forests can be safely reduced by directly removing wood:

Read the following sources to learn the arguments for or against various mechanical harvesting management options for reducing forest fuels and mitigating the forest fire management dilemma of the Southwest:


Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA
Comments to Paul Sheppard: sheppard @ ltrr.arizona.edu, (520) 621-6474