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Fire FAQs—What is fire severity?

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Fire FAQs—What is fire severity?

Fire severity is a measure of the effects of fire on the environment—both in damage to vegetation and impacts on the soil. Fire severity is driven by weather conditions, the topography of the landscape, and the fuels that are present. Of these, weather is the overriding factor.

By Carrie Berger, Stephen Fitzgerald, Lauren Grand, Dan Leavell

Tree Thinning for Health and Vigor
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Tree Thinning for Health and Vigor

Many landowners ask about proper or optimum spacing when thinning trees.

By Max Bennett, Stephen Fitzgerald

Fire FAQs—Air quality impacts from prescribed fire and wildfire: How do they compare?

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Fire FAQs—Air quality impacts from prescribed fire and wildfire: How do they compare?

Compares the impacts that prescribed fires and wildfires have on air quality. One in a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions Forest & Natural Resource Extension agents and specialists have received from the people they serve.

By Carrie Berger, Stephen Fitzgerald, Dan Leavell

Choosing the Right Tree-Planting Contractor for Your Family Forest

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Choosing the Right Tree-Planting Contractor for Your Family Forest

Replanting after a timber harvest? Tree planting is expensive, you want to choose the right tree planting contractor from the start. Learn what questions to ask potential contractors.

By Stephen Fitzgerald

Fire FAQs—Salvage Cutting: What are the effects on fire behavior and severity?

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Fire FAQs—Salvage Cutting: What are the effects on fire behavior and severity?

Discusses the purpose and benefits of salvage cutting. One in a part of a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions Forest & Natural Resource Extension agents and specialists have received from the people they serve.

By Carrie Berger, Stephen Fitzgerald, Lauren Grand, Dan Leavell

Fire FAQs—Have the size and severity of forest wildfires increased in Oregon and across the West?

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Fire FAQs—Have the size and severity of forest wildfires increased in Oregon and across the West?

Presents research findings from the last ten years on the patterns of fire sizes since the 1980s. One in a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions Forest & Natural Resource Extension agents and specialists have received from the people they serve. Revised October 2018.

By Max Bennett, Carrie Berger, Stephen Fitzgerald, Dan Leavell