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Fire hazard and potential treatment effectiveness: a statewide assessment in Montana
Document Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Carl E. Fiedler; Charles E. Keegan III; Todd A. Morgan; Christopher W. Woodall
Publication Year: 2003

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Keyword(s):
  • catastrophic fires
  • coniferous forests
  • crown fire hazard
  • crown fires
  • diameter classes
  • distribution
  • dry mixed-conifer forest
  • elevation
  • FFE-FVS - Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator
  • FIA - Forest Inventory and Analysis
  • FIA - Forest Inventory and Analysis
  • fire hazard reduction
  • fire management
  • fire models
  • forest management
  • fuel management
  • fuel models
  • fuel reduction
  • fuel types
  • hardwood forest
  • Montana
  • pine forests
  • Pinus ponderosa
  • population density
  • post-fire recovery
  • Pseudotsuga menziesii
  • site treatments
  • size classes
  • stand characteristics
  • succession
  • thinning
  • wildfires
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ANNOTATION: This assessment of Montana used data collected from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plots across Montana and summarized by forest type, density, and structure. The focus of the analysis was on ponderosa pine/Douglas fir/ dry mixed conifer forests that had historically seen low-intensity fires. Applying the Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator crown fire hazard was modeled and two fire hazard reduction approaches, a thin from below approach and a comprehensive ecologically based treatment were evaluated. ABSTRACT: A uniform forest inventory was recently completed across all ownerships in Montana. This publication is available only online.

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Fiedler, Carl E.; Keegan, Charles E.; Morgan, Todd A.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2003. Fire hazard and potential treatment effectiveness: a statewide assessment in Montana. Journal of Forestry 101(2):7.