Bul. 1494, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture PLATE 10 
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BROADCAST BURNING IN THE LARCH-FIR TYPE PRODUCES REPEATED 
BURNS 
Broadcast burning of slash kills many of the trees remaining after cutting (A) and these as | 
they fall increase greatly the danger of a second burn. A double burn in larch-fir forests 
is generally sufficient to remove all chance of natural reproduction of the forest for many 
years (B). Denudation of the forest is the almost inevitable result of broadcast burning 
