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Committee Hears Cost-Saving Post-Fire Mitigation Alternatives to Helicopter Mulch
Summary
Technical member Mark Morgan urged the committee to consider mechanical and tethered harvesting, mastication and roller-chop techniques as lower-cost options for post-fire erosion mitigation and suggested direct homeowner risk notifications to prompt local action.
Mark Morgan presented a series of technical options for post-fire mitigation and fuels work that aim to reduce per-acre costs compared with helicopter-applied mulch. Morgan said mechanical approaches — including harvesters with processing heads, mastication, tethered machines and roller-chopping — can leave material on site, stabilize soils and avoid high transport and…
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