Slide 1Lighting a strip headfire

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Slide 1-Lighting a strip headfire
Prescribed Burning
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Slide 2-Open range condition
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Slide 3-reserved shelterwood
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Slide 4-scorch of smaller trees in gaps
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Slide 5-drainages are not plowed out
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Slide 6-fire goes out in bottom
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Slide 7-reserved shelterwood
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Slide 8-Too much fire
Too Much Fire
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Slide 9-PDSI for MS
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Slide 10-Changes in PDSI and Kpa for MS
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Slide 11-Scorch in Slash pine
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Slide 12-Dead trees and injured tops
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Slide 13-Intense burn in sapling longleaf
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Slide 14-headfire rapidly increases in intensity
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Slide 15-waxmyrtle, a highly flammable shrub,
ignites
Waxmyrtle, a highly flammable shrub, ignites
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Slide 16-the fire is at maximum intensity
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Slide 17-fuels begin to be exhausted
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Slide 18-the fire is nearly out
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Slide 19-Scorch in sapling longleaf
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Slide 20-Buds survive
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Slide 21-Unburned trees more healthy
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Slide 22-Too little fire
Too Little Fire
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Slide 23-Low intensity fires dont work
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Slide 24-Waxmyrtle graph
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Slide 25-Brush development
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Slide 26-Legal Issues
Legal Issues
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Slide 27-Why burn?
Why Burn?
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Slide 28-No herbage
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Slide 29-Fire opens up the understory
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Slide 30-Recovery in understory
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Slide 31-Legumes
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Slide 32-Must reapply fire
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Slide 33-Urban/Forest Interface
Urban/Forest Interface
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Slide 34-Alternatives, pine straw mgt
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Slide 35-Alternatives, livestock grazing
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Slide 36-Alternatives, mechanical control
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Slide 37-Alternatives, herbicides
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Slide 38-Conclusions
Fuel reduction Wildlife management Access and
aesthetics
Loss in growth mortality Liability Poor results