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profdant139
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Sep 04, 2019

Seeking expert opinion: thinning vs prescribed burns

Almost all of us on this forum are avid users of the national forests. Some of us favor extensive logging. Some of us don't want the forest altered in any way. I understand both of those positions....
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ppine
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Sep 07, 2019
This thread is rambling all over the place. The simple answer is that a forest stand needs to be thinned and/or logged to get to the right density of trees before it can safely be burned by prescription.

Thin it, then burn it. Simple.
MS Silviculture University of Washington, College of Forest Resources.

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