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Author(s):
Robert W. Steele, Ralph E. Williams, Julie C. Weatherby, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, James T. Hoffman, R. W. Thier
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fire Ecology
Insects & Disease
Recovery after fire
Resilience
Ecosystem(s):
Montane wet mixed-conifer forest, Montane dry mixed-conifer forest, Ponderosa pine woodland/savanna

NRFSN number: 11254
FRAMES RCS number: 12605
Record updated:

Growing concern over sustainability of central Idaho forests has created a need to assess the health of forest stands on a relative basis. A stand hazard rating was developed as a composite of 11 individual ratings to compare the health hazards of different stands. The composite rating includes Douglas-fir beetle, mountain pine beetle, western pine beetle, spruce beetle, Douglas-fir tussock moth, western spruce budworm, dwarf mistletoes, annosus root disease, Swhweinitzii root and butt rot, and wildfire. The interacting effects of these agents were also considered.

Citation

Steele, Robert; Williams, Ralph E.; Weatherby, Julie C.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D.; Hoffman, James T.; Thier, R. W. 1996. Stand hazard rating for central Idaho forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-332. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, lntermountain Research Station. 29 p.