The Effects Of Thinning And Similar Stand Treatments On Fire Behavior In Western Forests
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The Effects of Thinning and Similar Stand Treatments on Fire Behavior in Western Forests
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Forest fires |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D029963185 |
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Science Basis for Changing Forest Structure to Modify Wildfire Behavior and Severity
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Forest fires |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02996903U |
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Manti La Sal National Forest N F Monticello and Blanding Municipal Watershed Improvement Projects
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : NWU:35556036053114 |
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Effects of Timber Harvest Following Wildfire in Western North America
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Post-fire forest management |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02938266O |
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This synthesis provides an ecological foundation for management of the diverse ecosystems and fire regimes of North America, based on scientific principles of fire interactions with vegetation, fuels, and biophysical processes. Although a large amount of scientific data on fire exists, most of those data have been collected at small spatial and temporal scales. Thus, it is challenging to develop consistent science-based plans for large spatial and temporal scales where most fire management and planning occur. Understanding the regional geographic context of fire regimes is critical for developing appropriate and sustainable management strategies and policy. The degree to which human intervention has modified fire frequency, intensity, and severity varies greatly among different ecosystems, and must be considered when planning to alter fuel loads or implement restorative treatments. Detailed discussion of six ecosystems--ponderosa pine forest (western North America), chaparral (California), boreal forest (Alaska and Canada), Great Basin sagebrush (intermountain West), pine and pine-hardwood forests (Southern Appalachian Mountains), and longleaf pine (Southeastern United States)--illustrates the complexity of fire regimes and that fire management requires a clear regional focus that recognizes where conflicts might exist between fire hazard reduction and resource needs. In some systems, such as ponderosa pine, treatments are usually compatible with both fuel reduction and resource needs, whereas in others, such as chaparral, the potential exists for conflicts that need to be closely evaluated. Managing fire regimes in a changing climate and social environment requires a strong scientific basis for developing fire management and policy. --
Assessing Crown Fire Potential by Linking Models of Surface and Crown Fire Behavior
Author | : Joe H. Scott |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Fire risk assessment |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D03001930H |
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Fire managers are increasingly concerned about the threat of crown fires, yet only now are quantitative methods for assessing crown fire hazard being developed. Links among existing mathematical models of fire behavior are used to develop two indices of crown fire hazard-the Torching Index and Crowning Index. These indices can be used to ordinate different forest stands by their relative susceptibility to crown fire and to compare the effectiveness of crown fire mitigation treatments. The coupled model was used to simulate the wide range of fire behavior possible in a forest stand, from a low-intensity surface fire to a high-intensity active crown fire, for the purpose of comparing potential fire behavior. The hazard indices and behavior simulations incorporate the effects of surface fuel characteristics, dead and live fuel moistures (surface and crown), slope steepness, canopy base height, canopy bulk density, and wind reduction by the canopy. Example simulations are for western Montana Pinus ponderosa and Pinus contorta stands. Although some of the models presented here have had limited testing or restricted geographic applicability, the concepts will apply to models for other regions and new models with greater geographic applicability.
Umpqua National Forest N F Lemolo Watershed Projects
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : NWU:35556036556025 |
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Guide to Fuel Treatments in Dry Forests of the Western United States
Author | : Morris C. Johnson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Fire and Fuels Extension, Forest Vegetation Simulator (Computer program) |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02974973V |
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The Fire and Fuels Extension of the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FFE-FVS) was used to calulate the immediate effects of treatments on surface fuels, fire hazard, potential fire behavior, and forest structure for respresentative dry forest stands in the Western United States. Treatments considered included pile and burn and prescribed fire.
Forest Structure and Fire Hazard in Dry Forests of the Western United States
Author | : David Lawrence Peterson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Forest fires |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02977031W |
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Fire, in conjunction with landforms and climate, shapes the structure and function of forests throughout the Western United States, where millions of acres of forest lands contain accumulations of flammable fuel that are much higher than historical conditions owing to various forms of fire exclusion. The Healthy Forests Restoration Act mandates that public land managers assertively address this situation through active management of fuel and vegetation. This document synthesizes the relevant scientific knowledge that can assist fuel-treatment projects on national forests and other public lands and contribute to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses and other assessments. It is intended to support science-based decisionmaking for fuel management in dry forests of the Western United States at the scale of forest stands (about 1 to 200 acres). It highlights ecological principles that need to be considered when managing forest fuel and vegetation for specific conditions related to forest structure and fire hazard. It also provides quantitative and qualitative guidelines for planning and implementing fuel treatments through various silvicultural prescriptions and surfacefuel treatments. Effective fuel treatments in forest stands with high fuel accumulations will typically require thinning to increase canopy base height, reduce canopy bulk density, reduce canopy continuity, and require a substantial reduction in surface fuel through prescribed fire or mechanical treatment or both. Long-term maintenance of desired fuel loadings and consideration of broader landscape patterns may improve the effectiveness of fuel treatments.