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Definitions of broadcast burn:

• Prescribed fire that burns over a designated area, generally in the absence of a merchantable overstory, to consume debris that has not been piled or windrowed.
  www.bugwood.org/pfire/glossary.html
• A prescribed fire that burns a designated area. This is usually used after a clear-cut deforestation project to remove debris. Sometimes it is called "slash and burn".
  www.umpqua-watersheds.org/glossary/gloss_b.html
• Controlled fire over the entire surface of a specific area.
  www.mines.edu/Academic/econbus/ifp/glos-ener.html
• Allowing a prescribed fire to burn over a designated area within well-defined boundaries for reduction of a fuel hazard or as a silvicultural treatment , or both.
  www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/publications/environmental_impact_statements/eis_uspwp/Glossary.htm

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