Ladder fuels glossary and government resources

Ladder fuels : fuels that provide vertical continuity between the surface fuels and crownfuels in a forest stand, thus contributing to the ease of torching and crowning. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]

Yosemite National Park
Ladder Fuels -- Shrubs, saplings, or lower branches that can carry a fire from the ground up into the crowns (tops) of trees often causing extreme fire

Olympic NP: Fire Management Plan EA (Appendix A)
Ladder fuels will be removed to a height of 8-10 feet. D, Zone 1. 0-15 feet from structure: Low-growing, fire resistant plants resist catching fire and

SAMPLE: Subdivision Guidelines/Ordinances for Communities at Risk
Ladder Fuels are fuels that provide vertical continuity allowing fire to carry ... Ladder fuels under trees within defined defensible space shall be

FirewiseVirginia: Creating Wildfire-Defensible Zones
Remove all "ladder fuels" from beneath the tree. (Ladder fuels are small shrubs, trees, tree limbs and other materials that allow fire to climb into the

Prefire Effectiveness in Fire Management -- A Summary of State-of ...
Fuel treatments removing ladder fuels on forested systems can ... manipulations such as thinning and removal of ladder fuels may reduce hazard.

EPA: Federal Register: Dixie National Forest, Utah, Duck Creek ...
Eliminating the high surface fuel loads, ladder fuels, and reducing crown ... Currently, ladder fuels have increased dramatically as ponderosa pine

EPA: Federal Register: Dixie National Forest, Utah, Duck Creek ...
...of the residual trees by removing ladder fuels from the ground to eight feet high. ... Element 2--Ladder Fuels Reduction Lower branches and small trees

Healthy Forest Initiative website
The Mokey Bear Project is to reduce surface and ladder fuels in the Wildland Urban Interface (threat and defense) zones sufficiently to affect a

National Wildfire Programs Database
Remove all ladder fuels by trimming, pruning up or removing vegetation under trees. Trim tree limbs a minimum of 6 feet from the ground.

Regional Ecosystem Office 333 SW 1st PO Box 3623 Portland, Oregon ...
...of existing late-successional forest to reduce ladder fuels in an area that ... is to remove smaller pieces of down wood and remove enough ladder fuels,

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The proposed treatment will reduce slash and ladder fuels and permit ... and eliminate ladder fuels by thinning small aggregations of trees less than 8

NASD: Creating Fire Safe Zones Around Your Forested Homesite
Remove all ladder fuels beneath the trees. (Ladder fuels are small shrubs, trees, and tree limbs which could allow a fire to climb into the tree tops.)

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