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Thinning, prescribed burns protected forests during the massive Carlton Complex wildfire

From the University of Washington:

“The 2014 Carlton Complex wildfire in north central Washington was the largest contiguous fire in state history. In just a single day, flames spread over 160,000 acres of forest and rangeland and ultimately burned more than 250,000 acres in the midst of a particularly hot, dry summer.

In the first major study following the devastating Carlton Complex fire, researchers from the University of Washington and U.S. Forest Service found that previous tree thinning and prescribed burns helped forests survive the fire. The study, published Feb. 22 in the journal Ecological Applications, shows that even in extreme wildfires, reducing built-up fuels such as small trees and shrubs pays off.”

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
April 1, 2020

Categories: PublicationTags: forest fire, forest understory, fuel loading, fuels, fuels management and effectiveness, fuels thinning treatments, fuels treatments, landscape restoration and resilience, Prescribed Fire, property damage, rangeland fire, values at risk, wildfire, wildfire risk reduction, wildland urban interface, WUI

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