Increasing wildfire has motivated the construction of fuel breaks on many rangelands to improve prospects for wildfire suppression. However, the linear shape of fuel breaks greatly increases treatment perimeter: area and thus increased potential for edge effects, e.g., invasions by exotic plants. Potential for edge effects are further increased by the disturbances associated with fuel-break implem
This United States Geological Survey news article "Edge effects along roadside fuel treatments in sagebrush steppe" was originally found on https://www.usgs.gov/news
