This summary of four years work at the Hillside Management Project on the Los Angeles campus of the University of California details steps in brushland conversion capable of greatly reducing fuhazards on steep chaparral lands in residential areas. Grasses, ground covers and fire-resistant shrubs for replanting to provide erosion control and beautification are also considered.

Assistance in conducting these experiments was received from Don Fischer, Superintendent of Cultivations, Department of Ornamental Horticulture and Floriculture, UCLA, and Stanley Spaulding, Laboratory Technician IV, Department of Agronomy, UCR. Advice was also obtained from members of the University of California “Committee on Plantings for Fire Hazard Areas.”