Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

Relative to Northern Grasslands in South-Central Canada and North-Central United States

17. Bailey, A.W. 1978. Prescribed burning as an important tool for Canadian rangelands. Pages 15-17 in Proc Fire and Range Management Seminar, sponsored by the Land Use Service DREE-PFRA and Lands Branch, Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture, Regina.

Wide ranging overview of prescribed fire in the Canadian plains. Reviews early literature relative to prairie fire ecology and summarizes experiments on post-fire forage production. Gives burn prescriptions for grassland shrubland and aspen parkland. Precautions are emphasized relative to weather, fuel load, temperature, time of day, fire breaks, burn objectives, and spot fires.

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