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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2013
From the text ... 'As part of a recent synthesis addressing fuel management in dry, mixed-conifer forests (Jain et al. 2012), we analyzed more than 5,000 Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plots, a probability sample that represents 33 million acres of these forests throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and extreme northern California. We relied on the BioSum analysis framework (Daugherty and Fried 2007, Barbour et al. 2008) that integrates several models to evaluate the economics of treating fuels by using 13 different mechanical fuel treatments per plot. We are extending this analysis to explore the carbon dynamics associated with these fuel treatments and to share a conceptual model and preliminary results.'
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Citation: Fried, J. S., T. B. Jain, and J. Sandquist. 2013. Modeled forest inventory data suggest climate benefits from fuels management. Fire Management Today, v. 73, no. 2, p. 11-14.
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- carbon
- coniferous forests
- crown fires
- FIA
- fire hazard reduction
- fire intensity
- fire management
- flame length
- forest management
- fuel management
- fuel models
- Idaho
- Montana
- northern California
- Oregon
- population density
- surface fires
- Washington
- wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 29372 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.32:73/2 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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