General Information on Fuel Reduction

This category includes materials that do not fit in the other categories.

Photo of three horses that are hitched up to a large log removing it from the site.
Figure 16—Modern day horse logging operations can provide a cost
effective option for removing logs from sensitive sites where mechanized
equipment cannot be used.

Publications and Videos

Foster, Bryan. 2003. Wild logging: a guide to environmentally and economically sustainable forestry. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company. 161 p.
Groenier, James Scott. 2008. Removing slash mats. Tech. Tip 0851–2312–MTDC. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center. 6 p. Available at http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm08512312/ (Username: t-d, Password: t-d)
Kuypers, Mike. 1995. A marketing strategy for wildland fuel reduction in Palm Coast, Florida. Bunnell, FL: Florida Division of Forestry. 80 p. Available at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/tr_95mk.pdf
Oregon State University. [no date]. Forest fuels reduction: commercial and non-commercial approaches. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering. Available at http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/fe/research/krg/FuelsPoster.pdf
Rummer, Bob; Groenier, James Scott. 2008. Test of biomass removal using lightweight portable conveyors. Tech. Rep. 0851–2809–MTDC. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center. 15 p. Available at http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm08512809/ (Username: t-d, Password: t-d)

Photo of two men standing next to a team of oxen hitched to a load of logs.
Figure 17—Horse or oxen were the traditional methods used to remove
wood from the forest. Although seldom used today, animals would be very
applicable to a wide variety of sites. Note how logs were placed on the ground
to prevent the sled from sinking or creating ruts and grooves in the soil.

Web Sites

Applegate Partnership–Fuel Reduction Methods: A Table of Tools & Recommendations [addresses costs]

http://www.grayback.com/applegate-valley/fireplan/forest-methods.htm

Forest Engineering Inc.—Fuel Reduction on Steep Slopes

http://www.forestengineer.com/html/fuel.html

Goats R Us—Goats

http://www.goatsrus.com/what_we_do.htm

Northern Arizona University—Treating Slash

http://www.eri.nau.edu/joomla/content/view/133/220/lang,en/

Oregon State University—Forest Operations Research Group

http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/fe/research/krg/fuelsReduction.htm

Sycamore Farms—South African Boer Goats

http://www.sycamorefarms.net/weed_control.htm

USDA Forest Vegetation Management—Vegtools

http://www.fs.fed.us/vegtools/

Western Virginia Extension Service—Low-Impact Logging

http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/forestry/logging.htm

Photo of two workers. One is felling a tree while the other stands and watches.
Figure 18—Using handtools such as chain saws, axes, or brush
hooks may be a more cost-effective way of thinning stands of trees.