Harold Biswell first learned about the benefits of prescribed fire in forest management when he was a Forest Service researcher in Georgia, USA. After he accepted a professorship in the School of Forestry at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, he was surprised to find out that prescribed fire was not an accepted practice in California. He set out to conduct a series of studies to explore the effects of prescribed fire in forests of California and compare those effects to those he observed in Georgia.

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哈罗德·比斯韦尔（Harold Biswell）的文章简介：乔治亚州和加利福尼亚州规定的燃烧情况比较

哈罗德·比斯韦尔（Harold Biswell）在美国佐治亚州的森林服务部研究人员时，首先了解了明火对森林管理的好处。在接受了美国伯克利加利福尼亚大学森林学院的教授职位后，他惊讶地发现规定的火种在加利福尼亚是不被接受的。他着手进行一系列研究，以探索加利福尼亚森林中明火的影响，并将这些影响与他在佐治亚州观察到的影响进行比较。