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• Introduction
• Resources for Fuel Reduction
  • Ground-Based Methods Used in Fuel Reduction
  • Skylines Used in Fuel Reduction
  • Aerial Methods Used in Fuel Reduction
  • Using Fuel Removed in Fuel Reduction
  • Disposing of Fuel After Fuel Reduction
  • Current T&D Projects Involving Fuel Reduction
  • General Information on Fuel Reduction
• Conclusions
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Skylines Used in Fuel Reduction Continued

Web Sites

U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA—Cable Yarding

• http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/logging/manual/yarding/cableyardingsystem.html

Figure 7—The Bitterroot Mini Yarder and the Clearwater Yarder offer a
low cost and mobile cable yarding system. The Clearwater Yarder is mounted
on the back of a 2½ ton truck.

Online Videos

San Dimas Technology and Development Center—Forest Management Click on “Videos Online.” Available to Forest Service employees only at http://fsweb.sdtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/programs/fm/index.shtml

• SDTDC Staff. 2001. Skyline cable yarding: a tool for resource management. Video. 0124–1402–SDTDC. San Dimas, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, San Dimas Technology and Development Center.

Figure 8—A cable or skyline system minimizes
impact of ground disturbance.

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