Identifying Weather Suitable For Prescribed Burning Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Wind Directions for Prescribed Burning in Southeastern United States Prescribed burning is now being used for many purposes in the Southeast, such as fuel reduction, control of undesirable hardwoods, seedbed preparation, and disease control. Ideal weather for these burns varies with the purpose of the burn, the quantity and type of available fuel, and stand conditions. Prae ticing foresters differ in opinion as to the best weather for many of these pur poses and conditions. In some years, the best burning conditions for a Specific purpose may occur so infrequently that it may be necessary to burn during less favorable conditions. For example, the consensus in Florida, Georgia, and probably over much of the Southeast is that fuel reduction burning is best with a cold, steady wind from the North after a winter rain. 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ In many places a steady north wind is rare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.