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Project ID: 05-S-04

Year: 2005

Date Started: 02/15/2005

Date Completed: 07/27/2007

Title: Best Management Practices for Fuel Reduction Treatment in Loblolly Pine Forests

Project Proposal Abstract: Loblolly pine forests occupy a significant proportion of the Southeastern United States, covering a region with high densities of people, structures, and roads. Projected human population growth over the next several decades will greatly expand the wildland-urban interface and increase wildfire-related threats to people and property. At the same time, higher population densities and shifting demographics may limit to potential for using prescribed fire as a tool for fuels reduction and forest management. Because of the variability in stand conditions, ownership sizes, and landowner objectives in the loblolly pine region, land managers will need to apply a range of treatment strategies in a variety of different situations. To make effective decisions, managers must be aware of the array of treatment options available to them. They need to know the operational constraints that may limit the applicability of these treatments, and to understand the effects that these treatments will have on timber, wildlife, and soils. We will capture available knowledge on best management practices for fuels reduction through a comprehensive literature review, and through direct contact with experienced fuels management practitioners. This information will be synthesized into a written report and presented in a form that is accessible and useful to land managers. The report will be disseminated as a printed document and as an electronic document that can be downloaded over the internet.

Principal Investigator: Michael C. Wimberly

Agency/Organization: South Dakota State University

Branch or Dept: GIS Center of Excellence

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Pete Bettinger	Oregon State University	Forest Resources
Co-Principal Investigator	John Mason	FWS-Fish and Wildlife Service	Piedmont NWR
Co-Principal Investigator	William B. Nightingale III	Forest Service	Region 9-Eastern Region
Co-Principal Investigator	Carl Schmidt	FWS-Fish and Wildlife Service	Piedmont NWR
Federal Cooperator	John Stanturf	Forest Service	SRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Athens GA

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Project Deliverables

Final Report ("Results presented in JFSP Final Reports may not have been peer-reviewed and should be interpreted as tentative until published in a peer-reviewed source.")

	ID	Type	Title
	6235	NonRefereed Publication	Bibliography of relevant information
	6234	NonRefereed Publication	General Management Practices for Hazardous Fuels Management in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Forests
	6233	NonRefereed Publication	Synthesis of Knowledge of Hazardous Fuels Management in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Forests
	8620	NonRefereed Publication	Synthesis of Knowledge of Hazardous Fuels Management in Loblolly Pine Forests

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