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Volunteering USDA Forest Service
Daniel Boone
National Forest
1700 Bypass Road
Winchester, KY 40391
Phone: 859-745-3100
FAX: 859-744-1568
This proposal addresses these knowledge gaps through studies that examine the effects of frequent and infrequent prescribed fire on stand structure, response of seedlings, recruitment, oak seedling establishment, health of residual trees, and fuels.
We initiated a small study with limited university and Forest Service funding starting in 1995, and more recently initiated a more comprehensive study with Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) funding. As part of the technology transfer component of our JFSP-funded project we held meetings with managers and researchers in which managers articulated the need for quantification of fuels and bole damage.
As a result we incorporated measurements of fuels, bole damage, and health class of crowns into our study design prior to implementation of burning in 2003.
Learn more about our objectives...
New publication:
Prescribed Fire: An Ancient Practice for Today's Forest
12x18 brochure format (folds to 4x9) pdf file
10-page letter sized format pdf file
Last Updated:
April 28, 2008
