Slash (logging)

In forestry, slash, or slashings are coarse and fine woody debris generated during logging operations or through wind, snow or other natural forest disturbances.^[1] Slash generated during logging operations may increase fire hazard, and some North American states have passed laws requiring the treatment of logging slash.^[2] Logging slash can be chipped and used (for example) in the production of electricity or heat in cogeneration power-plants.^[3]

Where logging takes place on soft ground, loggers can use the branches and tops of trees as part of the timber-harvesting process to provide a track for forest machines.^[4] Using slash in this manner reduces ground damage.

References

^ "Slash". The Dictionary of Forestry. Society of American Foresters.
^ South Dakota Code
^ California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
^ Managing Brash on Conifer Clearfell Sites, Forestry Commission

External links

A Slash/Mulch site in Colorado

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[1] "Slash". The Dictionary of Forestry. Society of American Foresters.

[2] South Dakota Code

[3] California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection

[4] Managing Brash on Conifer Clearfell Sites, Forestry Commission

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