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Prescribed Burning

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Insights and suggestions for certified prescribed burn manager programs

Year of Publication
2020
Publication Type

Prescribed burning is an effective method to reduce hazardous fuels and restore ecological conditions across a variety of ecosystems. Twenty-one states have laws or policies that direct state agencies to oversee formal training programs to certify individuals in safe burning techniques. Fifteen of these states have active certified prescribed burn manager programs (CPBM).

Long-term effects of fuel treatments, overstory structure, and wildfire on tree regeneration in dry forests of Central Washington

Year of Publication
2020
Publication Type

The long-term eectiveness of dry-forest fuels treatments (restoration thinning andprescribed burning) depends, in part, on the pace at which trees regenerate and recruit into theoverstory. Knowledge of the factors that shape post-treatment regeneration and growth is limitedby the short timeframes and simple disturbance histories of past research.

Air-quality challenges of prescribed fire in the complex terrain and wildland urban interface surrounding Bend, Oregon

Year of Publication
2019
Publication Type

Prescribed fires in forest ecosystems can negatively impact human health and safety by transporting smoke downwind into nearby communities. Smoke transport to communities is known to occur around Bend, Oregon, United States of America (USA), where burning at the wildland–urban interface in the Deschutes National Forest resulted in smoke intrusions into populated areas.