The controlled use of fire to reduce or eliminate the unincorporated organic matter of the forest floor, or low, undesirable vegetation.
Deliberately burning a stand of grass or other vegetation to achieve management objectives
Skillful application of fire to natural fuels that allows confinement of the fire to a predetermined area and at the same time produces certain planned benefits.
Application of prescribed fire.
Deliberate setting and careful control of surface fires in forests to help prevent more destructive fires and to kill off unwanted plants that compete with commercial species for plant nutrients; may also be used on grasslands.
To deliberately burn wildlands (e.g., forests, prairie or savanna); in either their natural or their modified state) and under specified conditions within a predetermined area to meet management objectives for the site.
a controlled fire that is confined to a predetermined area and is done for ecological, silvicultural or wildlife management purposes
The planned application of fire to vegetation to achieve any specific objective on lands selected in advance of that application.
A silvicultural technique that uses regulated fires to reduce or eliminate undesirable vegetation.
The fire management technique of purposely igniting a fire in a vegetated ecosystem to restore forest health and to reduce fire hazard.
Controlled application of fire to wildland fuels, in either their natural or modified state, under certain conditions of weather, fuel moisture, soil moisture, etc. as to allow the fire to be confined to a predetermined area and at the same time to produce results to meet planned land management objective.
Preplanned fire that is deliberately set in a time and manner when Prescribed conditions will allow accomplishment of specific objectives and is under control until it burns out or is extinguished.
The burning of forest or range fuels on a specific area under predetermined conditions so that the fire is confined to that area to fulfill silvicultural, wildlife management, sanitary or hazard reduction requirements or otherwise achieve forestry or range objectives.
human-caused or natural fires that are allowed to burn because they meet wildland management objectives without threatening people, property or resource values.
the knowledgeable application of fire to a specific unit of land to meet predetermined resource management objectives.
planned use of fire set under predetermined weather and fuel parameters to obtain specific management objectives; also known as "controlled" burning.
The controlled application of fire under specified environmental conditions to a predetermined area and at the time, intensity and rate of spread required to attain planned resource management objectives. Fire
Controlled application of fire to wildland fuels in either their natural or modified state, under specified environmental conditions, which allows the fire to be confined to a predetermined area, and to produce the fire behavior and fire characteristics required to attain planned fire treatment and resource management objectives.
The practice of using regulated fires to reduce or eliminate material on the forest floor, for seedbed preparation or to control competing vegetation. Prescribed burning simulates one of the most common natural disturbances. Also called controlled burning.
The controlled application of fire to wildland fuels in either a natural or modified state, under specified environmental conditions which allow the fire to be confined to a predetermined area and at the same time produce the intensity required to attain planned resource management objectives.
The knowledgeable application of fire to a specific land area to accomplish predetermined forest management or other land use objectives. Synonym – Fire Use.