Slide 1-Lighting a strip headfire Prescribed Burning

Slide 2-Open range condition

Slide 3-reserved shelterwood

Slide 4-scorch of smaller trees in gaps

Slide 5-drainages are not plowed out

Slide 6-fire goes out in bottom

Slide 7-reserved shelterwood

Slide 8-Too much fire Too Much Fire

Slide 9-PDSI for MS

Slide 10-Changes in PDSI and Kpa for MS

Slide 11-Scorch in Slash pine

Slide 12-Dead trees and injured tops

Slide 13-Intense burn in sapling longleaf

Slide 14-headfire rapidly increases in intensity

Slide 15-waxmyrtle, a highly flammable shrub, ignites Waxmyrtle, a highly flammable shrub, ignites

Slide 16-the fire is at maximum intensity

Slide 17-fuels begin to be exhausted

Slide 18-the fire is nearly out

Slide 19-Scorch in sapling longleaf

Slide 20-Buds survive

Slide 21-Unburned trees more healthy

Slide 22-Too little fire Too Little Fire

Slide 23-Low intensity fires don’t work

Slide 24-Waxmyrtle graph

Slide 25-Brush development

Slide 26-Legal Issues Legal Issues

Slide 27-Why burn? Why Burn?

Slide 28-No herbage

Slide 29-Fire opens up the understory

Slide 30-Recovery in understory

Slide 31-Legumes

Slide 32-Must reapply fire

Slide 33-Urban/Forest Interface Urban/Forest Interface

Slide 34-Alternatives, pine straw mgt

Slide 35-Alternatives, livestock grazing

Slide 36-Alternatives, mechanical control

Slide 37-Alternatives, herbicides

Slide 38-Conclusions Fuel reduction Wildlife management Access and aesthetics Loss in growth & mortality Liability Poor results