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Silver City,
Ruidoso and Santa Fe are located in fire adapted ecosystems dependent
on a recurring low intensity fire regime for forest health. Silver
City's 1,400 acre Mill Site Project is an impressive undertaking
geared to not only restore forest health but to monitor and research
the effects of the project. The Santa Fe Municipal Watershed Project
plan is remarkable in its goals to restore the ecosystem to a
low intensity fire regime, but has experienced great delays in
its implementation to date.
Both Silver
City and Santa Fe use thinning prescriptions that favor a mosaic
pattern for tree selection with site dependent determination of
which trees will remain that takes into account size, location,
species mix and health.
Ruidoso is
making continual progress on their fuels reduction goals but little
consideration has yet been given to restoring a fire regime to
the forest.
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Toddi A. Steelman and North Carolina State University
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