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Topic(s):
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Mechanical treatments
Fuels Inventory & Monitoring
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Mechanical treatments
Fuels Inventory & Monitoring
NRFSN number: 10992
FRAMES RCS number: 2743
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The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program has produced estimates of the extent and composition of the Nation's forests for several decades. FIA data have been used with a flexible silvicultural thinning option, a fire hazard model for preharvest and postharvest fire hazard assessment, a harvest economics model, and geospatial data to produce a Web-based tool to assess fuel treatment opportunities at a strategic level. This tool, the Fuel Treatment Evaluator, was used in this study to show how to identify potential fuel treatment hotspots in the Western United States.
Citation
Miles, Patrick D.; Skog, Kenneth E.; Shepperd, Wayne D.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D.; Fight, Roger D. 2006. Broad-scale assessment of fuel treatment opportunities. Proceedings of the 6th annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2004 September 21-24; Denver, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-GTR-70. Washington, DC: USDA Forest Service. p. 29-34.