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Wildfire Fuels and Fuel Reduction
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Issues for Congress.......................................................................................................................... 1
Biom ass Fuels for W ildfires ....................................................................................................... 2
Fuel Characteristics ................................................................................................................... 2
Moisture Content................................................................................................................. 2
Fuel Size.............................................................................................................................. 2
D istribution of Fuels...................................................................................................... 3
Fuel Quantity....................................................................................................................... 4
Fuels and Ecosystem s.......................................................................................................... 4
Frequent Low -Intensity Surface-Fire Ecosystem s .......................................................... 4
Periodic H igh-Intensity Crow n-Fire Ecosystem s........................................................... 5
M ixed Fire Regim e Ecosystem s...................................................................................... 6
Options for Fuel Reduction for Fire Protection........................................................................... 6
Prescribed Burning .................................................................................................................... 7
Wildland Fire Use...................................................................................................................... 8
Thinning .................................................................................................................................... 8
Thinning W ith Prescribed Burning........................................................................................ 9
Other Activities........................................................................................................................ 10
Fuel Reduction A uthorities and Program s ................................................................................. 10
Forest Service .......................................................................................................................... 11
D epartm ent of the Interior................................................................................................... 13
A uthorities to A ssist Fuel Reduction on N onfederal Lands ............................................... 14
Tables
Table 1. Federal Lands Fuel Reduction Funding, FY 1999-FY 2013........................................... 12
Contacts
A uthor Contact Inform ation...................................................................................................... 15
Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................... 15
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