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Costs of controlled burning: Records reveal comparative costs of controlled burns and wildfire suppression affected by acreage

authors

L. Burcham
Arthur W. Sampson, University of California, Berkeley

publication information

California Agriculture 8(9):8-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v008n09p8. September 1954.

abstract

Abstract not Available – first paragraph follows:

The cost of controlled burning–the planned application of fire to a preselected area to clear the land of unwanted brush–is considerably higher than is usually assumed.

author affiliations

L. T. Burcham is Senior Forest Technician, Range Improvement, California Division of Forestry; Arthur IV. Sampson is Professor of Forestry, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley;

author notes

The foregoing study was a cooperative project between the California Division of Forestry and the University of California, Department of Forestry research project No. 1294


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