{"id":26892,"date":"2021-01-18T19:39:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T03:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildfire.fpinnovations.ca\/hugelkultur-as-a-debris-management-technique-in-forest-fuel-reduction-treatments\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T11:59:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:59:41","slug":"hugelkultur-as-a-debris-management-technique-in-forest-fuel-reduction-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildfire.fpinnovations.ca\/fr\/hugelkultur-as-a-debris-management-technique-in-forest-fuel-reduction-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"H\u00fcgelkultur as a debris management technique in forest fuel reduction treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]H\u00fcgelkultur as a debris management technique in forest fuel reduction treatments[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]2021[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Completed[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Steven Hvenegaard (Lead); Greg Baxter[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Columbia Basin Trust; Living Lands Agroecology[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]BC Wildfire Service<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Disposal of woody debris and vegetative matter from forest fuel reduction treatments is a challenge and alternatives to conventional methods of pile burning and chipping are being considered. The construction of hugels is proposed as a debris management technique that would configure debris on site in a less flammable state.<\/p>\n

FPInnovations has collaborated with Living Lands Agroecology to develop research protocols that can be applied to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of storing residue from fuel treatments in the form of hugels. This three-part research project is developed with the following objectives:<\/p>\n

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  • To develop a research methodology to evaluate the flammability of hugels constructed using residue from a forest fuel treatment<\/li>\n
  • To design data collection methods to compare productivity of a fuel treatment using pile and burn debris disposal with the same treatment method that incorporates hugels as a debris disposal method<\/li>\n
  • To identify literature that investigates decomposition and flammability of woody debris and masticated fuel which may help to inform and support the application of h\u00fcgelkultur as a debris disposal method<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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