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Science 4 August 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5787, p. 615
DOI: 10.1126/science.1127481
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Technical Comments

Comment on "Post-Wildfire Logging Hinders Regeneration and Increases Fire Risk"

B. N. Baird

Based on limited sampling 2 years after the 2002 Biscuit Fire in Oregon, Donato et al. (Brevia, 20 January 2006, p. 352) concluded that postfire logging reduced seedling regeneration by 71%. Analysis of the study methodology and raw data suggest that this estimate is statistically flawed and misleading and says nothing about the impacts of more prompt postfire harvest.

U.S. House of Representatives, 1421 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, USA.

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