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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality began requiring a permit for farmers to burn their fields in 1981, but the requirements became stricter in 1988 following a multi-car collision [61] in which smoke from field burning near Albany, Oregon, obscured the vision of drivers on Interstate 5, leading to a 23-car collision in which 7 people ...
Stubble burning in Essex, England in 1986. Stubble burning is the practice of intentionally setting fire to the straw stubble that remains after grains, such as rice and wheat, have been harvested. The technique is used to quickly and cheaply clear fields. It is still widespread today.
Tim Becker, horticulture director for the Theodore Payne Foundation, said he tested the soil in his West Adams yard a few years ago and discovered it had lead concentrations of around 65 parts per ...
Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The method begins by cutting down the trees and woody plants in an area. The downed vegetation, or "slash", is then left to dry, usually right before the rainiest part of the year.
It began as a brush fire near the site where an earlier fire, called the Lachman Fire, had been located on Jan. 1, and it spiraled out of control as high winds hit the region.
L.A. firefighters were battling a growing brush fire in an evacuated area of Brentwood.. Officials said the fire was spotted just before 8 a.m. That area had been evacuated due to the nearby ...
P. corethrurus is widespread in Amazonia and notably in clearings after burning processes thanks to its tolerance of a low content of organic matter in the soil. [53] This as an essential element in the generation of terra preta , associated with agronomic knowledge involving layering the charcoal in thin regular layers favorable to its burying ...
Soil regeneration, as a particular form of ecological regeneration within the field of restoration ecology, is creating new soil and rejuvenating soil health by: minimizing the loss of topsoil, retaining more carbon than is depleted, boosting biodiversity, and maintaining proper water and nutrient cycling. [1]