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Mechanical fuel treatments are machine activities designed to change the size and arrangement of forest biomass by either severing stems and creating smaller fragments (mastication) or by removing these stems from the site (bundling, baling, biomass harvesting) for disposal or utilization. Cost of mechanical fuel reduction treatments is defined as the money spent in mechanical fuel reduction activities.
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Prescribed burning is used, particularly in the southeastern United States, to control understory vegetation. This practice can reduce the risk or severity of fire, but it can also provide benefits for wildlife habitat improvements and ecosystem health (Marshall et al. 2008). Prescribed burning is avoided in areas where smoke would create hazards for human health and transportation. It also cannot be used in areas that are so overgrown that a fire, once started, could burn out of...
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Mitchell, D., Smidt, M. (2019). Costs of Mechanical Fuel Reduction Treatments. In: Manzello, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51727-8_139-1
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