Executive Summary
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 are timber harvesting and mechanical thinning.
Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 2
Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 2
Why it was Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
English: Los Alamos site, in New Mexico (USA), pic...
Controlled Burn
Controlled burning 1. pg 2
Who's to Blame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 3
Where it Spread. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 3
What was Destroyed. . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 3
Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 4
Introduction
A prescribed fire also called a prescribed burn is a method of getting rid of unwanted brush in forestlands. Prescribed fires have been used for many years. They have some significant value, such as the brush enriches the ground after being burned. On the other hand sometimes a prescribed burn can get out of control and burn other things that were not supposed to be burned.
Problem
On May 4, 2000 Roy Weaver,