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    The document discusses prescribed burning to reduce wildfire risk in an area of 18,000 hectares of open forest habitat in the New Forest. Current management techniques to reduce fuel loads and maintain heathland habitats include a cut and burn program averaging 400 hectares per year, and hand cutting using chainsaws on 450-500 hectares annually. Prescribed burning is used to create firebreaks around properties and infrastructure, protect sensitive habitats, and create a mosaic of vegetation ages to reduce wildfire risk.

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    The document discusses prescribed burning to reduce wildfire risk in an area of 18,000 hectares of open forest habitat in the New Forest. Current management techniques to reduce fuel loads and maintain heathland habitats include a cut and burn program averaging 400 hectares per year, and hand cutting using chainsaws on 450-500 hectares annually. Prescribed burning is used to create firebreaks around properties and infrastructure, protect sensitive habitats, and create a mosaic of vegetation ages to reduce wildfire risk.

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    The document discusses prescribed burning to reduce wildfire risk in an area of 18,000 hectares of open forest habitat in the New Forest. Current management techniques to reduce fuel loads and maintain heathland habitats include a cut and burn program averaging 400 hectares per year, and hand cutting using chainsaws on 450-500 hectares annually. Prescribed burning is used to create firebreaks around properties and infrastructure, protect sensitive habitats, and create a mosaic of vegetation ages to reduce wildfire risk.

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    The document discusses prescribed burning to reduce wildfire risk in an area of 18,000 hectares of open forest habitat in the New Forest. Current management techniques to reduce fuel loads and maintain heathland habitats include a cut and burn program averaging 400 hectares per year, and hand cutting using chainsaws on 450-500 hectares annually. Prescribed burning is used to create firebreaks around properties and infrastructure, protect sensitive habitats, and create a mosaic of vegetation ages to reduce wildfire risk.

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    PRESCRIBED BURNING TO 

    REDUCE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES
    Prescribed Burning to Reduce 
    the Risk of Wildfires 

    BREAKDOWN OF THE OPEN FOREST 
    HABITAT TYPE  AREA 

    Unenclosed area of the New Forest (Open Forest)  18, 000 ha 

    Approx. area of heathland habitat on the New Forest  *12, 306 ha 

    Approx. area of Dry Heath  714 ha 

    Approx. area of Humid Heath  4,498 ha 

    Approx. area of Wet Heath  1,692 ha 

    Approx. area of Valley Mire  1,444 ha 

    Approx. area of Other Associated Heathland Communities  3,958 ha 

    * as stated in the 2008 Heathland Management Plan

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    the Risk of Wildfires 

    CURRENT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES 

    MANAGEMENT TYPE                                     MEAN PROGRAMME SIZE 

    Cut & Burn Programme                                         400 ha (988 acres) 
    Burn area (mean)  350 ha (865 acres) 
    Cut area (mean)  50 ha (123 acres) 

    Hand Cutting Using Chainsaws  450 ­ 500 ha (1,112 ­ 1,235 acres)

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    Prescribed Burning to Reduce 
    the Risk of Wildfires 

    To Maintain Heathland Habitats

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    Prescribed Burning to Reduce 
    the Risk of Wildfires 

    To Maintain the Grazing Potential for Commoner’s Animals

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    Prescribed Burning to Reduce 
    the Risk of Wildfires 

    To Reduce the Fuel Load Adjacent to Sensitive Sites

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    Prescribed Burning to Reduce 
    the Risk of Wildfires 

    To Reduce Fuel Load Adjacent To Sensitive Sites 

    1) To create a firebreak around adjacent properties ­ both business and residential. 

    2) To create a firebreak alongside highways, railways, footpaths etc. 

    3) To protect other sensitive habitats from wildfire. 

    4) To break up large tracts of similar structured heathlands, creating a mosaic of 
    different ages and vegetation cover.

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    the Risk of Wildfires

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    Prescribed Burning to Reduce 
    the Risk of Wildfires 

    The Use of Back Burning to Contain a Wildfire

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    Prescribed Burning to Reduce 
    the Risk of Wildfires 

    PARTNERSHIP WORKING

    1  26/06/2009 
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