Research Studies on Fuel Treatment Effectiveness
Status
Completed
Start Date
August, 2018
The FERA team pursues opportunities to conduct research where pre-wildfire data was collected, a requirement to compare prefire conditionss with postfire conditions.
Evaluating the effectiveness of various forest and range fuel types is essential to effectively and efficiently managing forests to sustain natural resources and ecosystems over time, while simultaneously reducing the fire hazard to human developments.
FERA has projects at the local and regional scales to study various aspects of this issue
Project Description
Mortality Reconsidered: Testing and extending models of fire-induced mortality across the United States.
The consequences of soil heating for prescribed fire and fire restoration in the South.
Methods
- Cedar river fire hazard analysis and fuel decomposition
- Evaluating treatment effectiveness in the 2006 Tripod Fire
- Fuel treatment in dry western forests
- Applied wildland fire research in support of project-level hazardous fuels planning
Related Projects:
- Landscape Analysis of Fuel Treatment Longevity and Effectiveness in the 2006 Tripod Complex Fires (Status: Complete Dates: July 2009 To January 2012)
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mitigation Activities in the Wildland Urban Interface (Status: Complete Dates: October 2011 To February 2016)
Key Personnel
Investigator
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Person
Roger D. Ottmar
Research Forester-Emeritus Scientisthttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/roger.ottmar
Collaborators
Co-Investigator:
- Susan J. Prichard, University of Washington
Last updated January 19, 2024