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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
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Aerial Methods Used in Fuel Reduction

This category covers airborne equipment used for fuel reduction.

Web Sites

Far Eastern Aerostatic Center "AEROS"—Aerial Harvesting Using Balloons

Oregon Forest Resources Institute—Balloon and Helicopter Logging

http://www.oregonforests.org/flow/forests/logc.htm

Photo of a senstive forest site where a ballon is being used to remove a log.
Figure 9—Balloons have been used to remove logs from steep
and sensitive sites. The balloons operate the similar to
a cable logging system.

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. Helicopter yarding: a tool for resource management. Video. 0124–1401–SDTDC. San Dimas, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, San Dimas Technology and Development Center

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