Top ten smoke management questions for fire in eastern oak forests

The purpose of this paper is to outline pertinent smoke management questions that fire and smoke managers in the Central Hardwoods will face in the near future. The next section identifies and describes the “Top Ten” management questions that burn planners should address when implementing burning programs in the region. Section 3 will then describe the smoke management tools that are currently available, or that will be available in the near future, to help fire and smoke managers address these questions when preparing for prescribed burns. Section 4 includes a discussion and some concluding points.