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Parks, Miller, Nelson, Holden
Wildland fire is an important natural process in many ecosystems. However, fire exclusion has reduced frequency of fire and area burned in many dry forest types, which may affect vegetation structure and composition, and potential fire behavior. In…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Littell
Presentation made at 2014 Spring Alaska Fire Science Workshop.
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Kennedy, Johnson
Fuel reduction treatments are implemented in the forest surrounding the wildland-urban interface (WUI) to provide defensible space and safe opportunity for the protection of homes during a wildfire. The 2011 Wallow Fire in Arizona USA burned through…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Kreye, Brewer, Morgan, Varner, Smith, Hoffman, Ottmar
Mastication is an increasingly common fuels treatment that redistributes 'ladder' fuels to the forest floor to reduce vertical fuel continuity, crown fire potential, and fireline intensity, but fuel models do not exist for predicting fire behavior…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Smith, Keyser, Rebain
This study investigated the transportability of crown biomass allometries, the vertical distribution of fuel in crowns and the influence of these factors on canopy fire hazard evaluation using the Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Vaillant, Ager
Fire behavior modeling and geospatial analysis can provide tremendous insight to land managers in defining both the benefits and potential impacts of fuel treatments in the context of land management goals and public expectations. ArcFuels is a…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Ottmar, Prichard, Swedin, Eagle
Consume is a decision-making tool designed to assist resource managers in planning for wildland fire events (e.g., prescribed fires and wildfires). Consume predicts fuel consumption, pollutant emissions, and heat release based on fuel loadings, fuel…
Year: 2014
Type: Tool
Waltz, Stoddard, Kalies, Springer, Huffman, Sánchez Meador
Landscape-scale wildfire has occurred in higher frequencies across the planet. Fuel reduction treatments to fire-adapted systems have been shown to reduce the impact to human values-at-risk. However, few studies have examined if these treatments…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Crouse
To address concerns regarding how to prioritize treatments across the forests, the Ecological Restoration Institute received funding from the USDA Forest Service to identify priority treatment areas across the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. In…
Year: 2014
Type: Media