Los Alamos Fires
Title: Los Alamos Fires
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 737 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Los Alamos Fires
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 737 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Executive Summary <Tab/>This report is about the Los Alamos prescribed forest fires. May 4, 2000 the Bandilier National monument superintendent ordered a prescribed fire. This particular fire got out of hand and ended up burning the town of Los Alamos. In this report I tell about who ordered the fire, and what exactly was lost because of the fire. There are also a few paragraphs on alternative methods to prescribed burns; which
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not necessarily the only way to do this. There are other means of getting rid of unwanted underbrush.
<Tab/>Mechanical Thinning Mechanical thinning is chopping down the trees whether this is by hand or machines. Mechanical thinning also brings in revenue, unlike prescribed fires.
Timber Harvesting Timber harvesting is another way to manage a forest. Mechanical thinning and timber harvesting both create jobs in the community and also bring in revenue.