Letting all lightning fires run is unsafe in flat Canoe Area terrain
Evidence
The second option, allowing most lightning fires to run, carries safety risks for the Canoe Area, but it is a viable option for some mountain wilderness (Kilgore and Briggs, 1972). The problem in the Canoe Area is that some lightning fires will inevitably occur during severe droughts on days with high winds. Once such fires become large, control is difficult, and wind shifts could threaten lives or property outside the wilderness. In this nonmountainous terrain such fires could run many miles and jump large water barriers by spotting. Fires such as these may have accounted for a significant percentage of the burn area in primeval t.imes. — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 455
Categorization
- XREF: The 100,000-acre historic burn scale here connects to why firebreaks (the lake landscape) shaped burn patterns — law/institutions land-use thread. — connects to: Fire exclusion policies carry greater safety risk than prescribed burning — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 480; Surface fires returned every 36 years on average in surviving pine stands. — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 163; Historic burns of 100,000 acres can no longer be allowed in the Canoe Area — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 472 (+2 more)
Related
- Historic burns of 100,000 acres can no longer be allowed in the Canoe Area (similarity 0.87)
- Fire is an intrinsic ecosystem component, not an unnatural disturbance, in the Canoe Area. (similarity 0.86)
- Restoring the natural regime means burning roughly 4,200 Canoe Area acres yearly (similarity 0.85)
- The Canoe Area burned and regenerated on about a 100-year rotation. (similarity 0.79)
- Legendary Lake States fires burned slashy cutover land, not virgin forest. (similarity 0.79)
- Fire exclusion policies carry greater safety risk than prescribed burning (similarity 0.79)